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A   UNION   ILLUSTRATED  MAGAZINE 
PUBLISHED  MONTHLY 

BY  THE 

WOMAN'S    FOREIGN    MISSIONARY  SOCIETIES 
OF    THE    PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


M[SSION    HOUSE,    53    FIFTH  AVENUE, 
NEW  YORK. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUME  IX. 
1894. 


Acknowledgments  136,  248 

Announcement    106 

Africa  : 

Visit  to  the  Dwarfs  9 

Testifying  to  the  Grace  of  God,  III  .    ...  69 

Housekeeping  in  the  Bush  145 

Some  Galjoon  Women  146 

In  the  Gaboon  District  147 

The  Gospel  Offered  to  the  Bule  148 

The  Gaboon  Mission  Fleet  150 

What  All  Boys  Want  to  Hear  about  Africa    .  151 

Africa — Verse  152 

Glimpses  of  the  West  Coast  153 

Conversion  of  the  First  Fan  154 

Scraps  Which  Show  the  Trend  155 

Progress  at  the  New  Bule  Station    ....  298 

Editorial  Notes  3,  29, 

85.  "3.  143.  144,  171.  172,  199.  256,  285, 

286,  313 

Letters  from   .     .    20,  47,  72,  275,  302,  328,  329 

Annual  Meetings  158 

Are  A  Man  AND  His  Wife  One?     ....  59 

Asia  Minor,  Bits  of  Travel  in  129 

Auxiliaries,  To  the  25,  52, 

78,  107,  136,  191,  221,  250,  282,  308,  335 
Auxiliaries  and  Bands,  New     .    .    27,  55, 
82,  III,  138,  167,  193,  225,  252,  284,  311,  338 

Books  Received  24,  51, 

78,  136,  191,  220,  250,  334 
BosE,  M.  A.,  Ch.\ndra  Mukhi — Verse  .  .  .  104 
Boxes  ?  Do  You  Send  Missionary  ....  280 

Bridal  Gifts  304 

China  : 

Chinese  and  Foreigners  Vis-a-vis  .  .  .  .  31 
Off  with  the  Doctor  to  One  Patient  •    •    •    •  33 

A  Bit  of  Realism  from  Nanking  34 

A  Shantung  Bible  Woman  35 

Imperative  Need  of  Central  China  ....  36 
Life  in  Shantung.    II.  Sociology    ....  37 

On  the  Way  to  the  Truth  39 

Chinese  Woman  Physician     ......  40 

Volunteer  Evangelist  40 

A  Spring  Outing  in  Shantung  40 

Miss  Ch'ang  among  Thieves  42 

In  Woman's  Ward,  Canton  Hospital    ...  68 

Description  of  Hospital  Cut  99 

A  Missionary  Journey  in  Hainan  .  .  .  .174 
Review  of  Hainan  Mission  History.  .  .  .  177 
No  Children's  Graves  in  China — Verse  .  -183 
God's  Reserve  Forces  in  a  Chinese  City  .  .  240 
Editorial  Notes  .    29,  58,  86,  114,  172,  286,  314 

Letters  from  20,  44, 

73,  I3i>  157,  184,  215,  244,  274,  301 
Chinese  in  America  : 

Our  Little  Chinese  Brownies  173 

I.  A  Christian  Chinese  Home.    II.  China- 
town at  Christmas  Festival  179 

Christmas  Missionary  Service,  A  $0 

Editorial  Note  172 


Christian  Endeavor  Around  the  World   .  180 

"  Come,  Holy  Spirit" — Verse  23 

Cross-Questioninc;  of  Miss'y  Co.m  76 

Dedication  of  San  Francisco  Mission  House  15 
Editorial  Notes  (in  part)  : 

Bible  30,  144 

Bishop,  Mrs.  Isabella  i,  106 

Converts  30,  86,  114,  144,  171 

Cost  on  the  Field  58,  228 

Deaths   .    .1,2,  57,  58,  85,  I13,  227,  255,  313 

Earthquake  199,  227,  228,  256 

"Farewells"  200,  227,  285,  286 

Finances  57,  II3,  143,  227 

Medical  _  .        .  i,  2,  30,  228 

Mosul  Case  '   .    .    .    .     85,  227 

New  Centres  2,  58,  86 

Opposition  2,  58,  199,  227,  228 

Persia,  Shah  of  144 

Plague  ....      172,  199,  200,  227,  228,  256 

Publications,  Maps,  etc  3,  29, 

30,  57,  144,  200,  256,  286 

Schools  58,  86,  144 

Siam,  King  of  3i  85 

Thibet  3,  228 

Various  Societies  57,  171,  172 

War  58,  199,  227,  255,  285,  313 

Half-Hour's  Lesson  Prolonged,  A    .    .    .  187 

His  Little  Comforter — Verse  51 

Illustrations  : 

Africa,  Efulen  House,  146  ;  Map,  148  ;  Fell- 
ing a  Forest  Giant,  149 ;  Surf-boat,  150 ; 
Ogowe  Town,  153  ;  A  Fail  Band,  154 ; 
Brazil,  Parana  Pines,  290  ;  Bahia,  295  ;  San 
Paulo  Market,  296  ;  Chili,  Family  Starting  on 
a  Ride,  293  ;  China,  A  Shenza,  33  ;  Horse- 
shoe Graves,  34  ;  Gate  of  Nanking,  35  ;  Grind- 
ing Flour,  37  ;  Arches,  Tungchow,  38  ; 
A  Kwan,  40  ;  Map,  41  ;  Woman's  Ward, 
Canton,  68  ;  Map,  175  ;  Loi  Earrings,  176  ; 
Temple  Lamp,  176  ;  Colombia,  Bogota  Picnic 
Party,  288  ;  India,  A  Bunya  in  His  Shop,  89  ; 
Women  Grinding,  Elephants,  Marble  Tomb, 
92  ;  Village  Street,  96  ;  Village  Bazar,  97  ; 
Japan,  Fuji  San,  231  ;  Temple  Steps,  Gongen, 
232 ;  First  Protestant,  236 ;  Arima,  239 ; 
Buddha,  241  ;  Results  of  Earthquake,  Tokyo, 
271  ;  Korea,  Members  of  Korea  Mission, 
202  ;  Old  Kim,  203  ;  Map,  204  ;  Gate  of 
Seoul,  207  ;  Laos,  Lakawn  Princess,  H  ;  Map, 
117;  Buildings  at  Lakawn,  120;  Mission- 
aries, 122  ;  Lao  Princesses,  126  ;  Lakawn 
Camp,  179  ;  Mexico,  Fountain  at  Mexico 
City,  61  ;  Map,  63  ;  Persia,  Tabriz,  4 ;  Tents 
of  Eliauts,  6  ;  Arch,  14  ;  Kurdistan  Village, 
70 ;  Teheran  Hospital,  260 ;  Entrance  to 
Miana  and  Houses,  265  ;  Oroomiah  Patients, 
267  ;  Schoolhouse,  Salmas,  268 ;  Siam, 
Sacred  Tree,  119;  Syria,  Mrs.  Bistany, 
182  ;  Frontispiece,  Bethlehem  Brides  ;  Historic 


INDEX  TO   VOLUME  IX.—Cotttinued. 


Scene,  318  ;  Minyara  Chapel,  321  ;  Map,  322  ; 
Beirut  Seminary,  325  ;  Ibl  Chapel,  323  ;  Pot- 
tery, 324  ;  United  States,  Chinese  Brownies, 
173  ;  San  Francisco  "  Home,"  180. 
India  : 

Bride  and  Widow — Two  Zenanas  ....  8 
Extracts  from  Dr.  Jessica  Carleton's  Notebook  11 
Influence  of  Heredity  Illustrated  by  Trader 

Caste  87 

Villages  of  Kolhapur  District  90 

A  Trio  of  Characteristic  Features         .     .     .  91 

Y.  W.  C.  A  93 

Doctor's  Visit  to  the  Maharani  94 

Use  of  an  Unfinished  Quilt  95 

Everyday  Life  in  the  Village  96 

Visit  to  a  Maratha  Village  97 

The  Festive  Side  at  Ambala  98 

Opening  of  New  Hospital  at  Miraj  ....  271 

High  Caste  Converts  298 

Editorial  Notes  86,  144,  172,  286 

Letters  from,  18,  46,  100,  156,  186,  216,  242,  300 

In  Remembrancp: — Verse  218 

Interest  and  Obediencp:  75 

Japan  : 

Testifying  to  the  Grace  of  God,  H  ....  12 
Japanese  Woman  Physician  in  Court  71 

A  Noble  Lady  of  Japan  229 

Rescuing  Children  at  Kanazawa      ....  230 

Earthquake  in  Tokyo  230,  271 

Hakone  231 

Beginnings  of  Our  Mission  233 

Incidents  from  Toyama  234 

First  Protestant  Believer  236 

Japan  Beautiful  ;  Needy  238 

Editorial  Notes  58,  228 

Letters  from  .     73,  loi,  132,  185,  242,  303,  330 

Kansas  Band,  A  247 

Korea  : 

Presbyterian  Mission  201 

Key  to  Picture  of  Missionaries  203 

Preaching  to  Women  in  the  North  ....  203 

Hosanna  205 

New  Arm  of  Medical  Work,  Seoul  ....  206 

Yong  Kyou  of  I\isan  208 

Hiding  the  Leaven  209 

News  from  Pyeng  Yang  210 

' '  The  Don  "   211 

Message  from  Korea — Verse  272 

Editorial  Notes  .     .    .    .    3,  114,  199,  285,  313 

Letters  from  45,  214,  328 

Living  Water  248 

Lovest  Thou  Me? — Verse  306 

Maps,  About  332 

Mexico  and  Guatemala  : 

A  Visitor  in  Mexico     ....         ...  60 

A  Lively  New  Station  62 

Evangelistic  Work,  Mexico  City      ....  64 

Commencement,  Mexico  City  66 

A  Continued  Work  67 

Editorial  Notes  29,  58 

Letters  from  18,  72,  217,  277 

Missionary  Congress,  California,  Woman's  167 

Missionary  Mathematics  278 

Missionary  Meeting  at  Saratoga  .  .  190,  246 
Missionary  Meeting  in  January  ....  331 
Persia  : 

Two  Weeks  in  Kara  Dagh  4 

Visit  to  Kermanshah  13 

Lame  Joseph  70 

Tour  among  Amenian  Villages  257 

Disgraceful  Thing  in  Mohammedanism  .  259 
Teheran  Hospital  260 


Flash  Lights  on  First  Year  Out  

Sketches  in  Kurdistan  

Uncultivated  Fields  in  Persia  

In  Oroomiah  Hospital  

Girls'  School,  Salmas  

Blood  Feuds  Still  in  Vogue  

I.  Tenting.     II.  Woman's  Work,  Oroomiah  . 

Elementary  Schools  

Editorial  Notes       .    .    2,  30,  86,  199,  227, 

Letters  from  19,  157,  186,  214, 

Phrase  to  be  Abandoned,  A  

Praise  Meeting,  Her  First  

Prayer,  An  Instance  

Presbyterian  Miss.  H(juse,  Chautauqu.a. 
Programmes  for  Monthly  Meetinc;  21,  48, 
75,  103.  134,  158,  187,  218,  246,  278,  304, 

Providential  Rescue  of  an  MS  

Receipts,  Statement  of  

SiAM  and  Laos  : 

A  Lakawn  Princess  

Memorable  Tour  in  Laos  

The  Sacred  Tree  of  Siam  

Under  the  Southern  Stars — Verse  .... 

Items  of  Progress  

Incident  from  Lakawn  

Outing  at  Petchaburee  

Representative  Lao  Women  

Observation  by  Mr.  Holt  Hallett  .... 

Post-haste  from  Prd  

A  Day's  Itineration,  North  Laos  .... 

Trip  to  City  of  Nan,  Laos  

Editorial  Notes  .  3,  30,  85,  1 14,  144,  200, 
Letters  from  .     .  46,  74,  102,  131,  216,  245, 

Since  L.ast  Month  24,  52, 

78,  107,  168,  191,  221,  250,  281,  307, 
South  America.  Brazil: 

A  Brave  Brazilian  Woman  

Tour  in  North  Brazil  

Curityba  Under  Blockade  

A  Trip  in  Parana  Forest  

Notes  of  Tour  in  Sergip6  

In  Bahia  City  

Brazilian  Notes    .  ,  

Little  Italy  in  San  Paulo  , 

Letters  from  47,  102, 

Chili  : 

Testifying  to  the  Grace  of  God,  V     .    .  . 

Story  of  Maria  

Colombia  : 

Contrasts  in  Colombia  .  

Letters  from  133,  217, 

Star  and  the  Song — Verse  

Stumbling  Blocks  in  the  Au.xiliary  .  .  . 
Suggestion  Corner,  23,  51,  io6,  220,  249,  307, 
Suggestions  for  Writing  Papers  .  .  .  . 
Sunday-school,  Missionary  Training  in  .  . 
Syria  : 

Three  Instances  

Mosque  at  Damascus  Burned  

Testifying  to  the  Grace  of  God,  IV  .... 

A  Child  Bride  in  Beiriit  

A  Memorial  Pillar  in  Beirut  ....     ■  . 

The  Memorial  Column  in  Beiriit     .     .     .  . 

One  of  the  Brightest  Spots  in  Syria  Mission  . 

Some  Things  Observed  Among  Women  . 

Near  Mount  Hermon  and  to  the  Top  . 

Beirut  Seminary  for  Girls  

Editorial  Notes   .  86. 

Letters  from  133,  216,  273, 

Treasurers,  Simple  Talk  to  Young   .    .  . 

Treasurers'  Reports  27,  55, 

82,  III,  138,  168,  194,  225,  252,  285,  311 


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268 
269 
270 
256 
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Frcm  a  photograph  taken  a  few  days  before  they  were  married  at  eleven  and  twelve  years  respectively. 
It  would  be  impossible  to  obtain  a  f  holograph  of  a  true  Moslem  girl.    See  p.  315. 


WOMAN'S  WORK  FOR  WOMAN. 


Vol.  IX.  JANU/ 


It  is  no  common  blow  that  has  fallen  on 
the  Shantung  Mission.  Like  the  shock  on 
the  air  when  some  monarch  of  the  forest  is 
felled  to  the  ground,  came  tidings  of  Dr. 
Nevius'  death  to  the  Mission  House.  He  was 
among  the  foremost  missionaries  in  all 
China.  At  the  great  Conference  in  1890, 
he  was  chosen  Moderator  on  the  first  ballot, 
by  delegates  from  every  missionary  society 
in  the  Empire,  and  was  put  on  their  com- 
mittee for  translation  of  the  Bible.  Questions 
were  laid  up  for  reference  to  him  by  workers 
all  over  China  and  America,  and,  after  forty 
years'  experience,  he  was  looked  to,  with  his 
catholic  spirit,  great  learning  and  child-like 
attitude  towards  the  truth,  for  his  ripest  serv- 
ice in  the  ne.xt  ten  years ;  for  he  was  a  vig- 
orous man  and  only  sixty-four  years  old. 
Apart  from  Dr.  Nevius  the  missionary,  the 
remark  of  one  that  "  he  was  a  prince  among 
men  "  will  be  appreciated  by  many  who  saw 
him  during  his  recent  furlough  in  this 
country.  Mrs.  Nevius,  who  is  herself  much 
of  an  invalid,  will  be  remembered  tenderly 
in  the  prayers  of  the  Church.  It  is  no  com- 
mon blow  that  in  one  year  removes  from  its 
service  both  Arthur  Mitchell  and  John  L. 
Nevius. 

"  Weep  not  for  the  saint  that  ascends 
To  partake  of  the  joys  of  the  sky, 
Weep  not  for  the  spirit  that  blends 
With  the  worshiping  chorus  on  high  : 
But  weep  for  the  mourners  who  stand 
Round  the  grave  of  their  brother  in  sad- 
ness, 

And  weep  for  the  heathen  whose  land 
Still  waits  for  the  dayspring  of  gladness. 
Yes,  weep.     For  the  "herald  that  came 
To  proclaim  in  their  dwellings  the  story 
Of  Jesus,  and  life  through  his  Name, 
Has  been  summoned  away  to  his  glory. " 

Efforts  of  the  United  States  Minister  to 
Constantinople  in  behalf  of  Dr.  Mary  Eddy 
have  been  crowned  with  success.  The  Otto- 
man Government,  which  has  hitherto 
refused  medical  examinations  to  women  and 
whose  vague  diploma  of  "  learned  woman  " 


,  1894.  No.  I. 


was  the  highest  ever  before  allowed  to  them, 
has  now  conferred  the  legal  degree  of  doctor 
of  medicine  and  surgery  upon  our  missionary. 
Without  this,  whenever  her  practice  lay  out- 
side the  midwife's  sphere  she  would  have 
been  exposed  to  interference  from  jealous 
ecclesiastics  or  officials.  By  resolutely  hold- 
ing on  at  this  time.  Dr.  Eddy  has  both 
gained  a  fair  field  for  herself  and  opened 
the  door  to  other  medical  women  in  the 
Empire.  We  take  some  special  American 
pride  in  this  result,  because  the  Russian  Am- 
bassador has  been  trying  for  more  than  a 
year  to  secure  a  similar  degree  for  a  Russian 
woman  but  up  to  this  hour  has  failed.  This 
we  know — a  rampart  of  prayer  lay  behind 
Dr.  Mary  Eddy. 

About  Christmas,  the  well  known  En- 
glish traveler  and  author,  Mrs.  Isabella 
(Bird)  Bishop,  expects  to  start  for  a  tour 
through  Korea,  China  and  Japan.  We  hope 
many  of  our  friends  may  be  so  fortunate  as 
to  welcome  this  delightful  visitor  to  their 
homes. 

Mrs.  Bishop  styles  herself  "  a  convert  to 
missions  through  seeing  missions."  She 
says  that  while  some  years  ago  she  took  no 
interest  in  the  condition  of  the  heathen  and 
was  rather  supercilious  towards  missions, 
what  she  has  .'■:een  in  her  journeys  "has  pro- 
duced such  a  change  and  such  an  enthusiasm 
in  favor  of  Christian  missions  that  I  cannot 
go  anywhere  without  speaking  about  them." 

In  her  volume  upon  Persia,  Mrs.  Bishop, 
who  is,  as  she  says,  "  devotedly  attached  to 
the  Church  of  England,"  seems  to  look 
through  a  mild  halo  at  the  Anglican  Mission 
which  has  so  mischievously  affected  the 
work  of  our  American  Mission  that  pre- 
ceded it  on  the  ground  by  fifty  years.  But, 
since  returning  to  England,  the  "halo"  ap- 
pears to  have  faded.  In  a  recent  lettei, 
which  lies  before  us,  Mrs.  Bishop  tells  a 
friend  that  she  has  been  reading  Dr.  Per- 
kins' book  on  the  Nestorians  "  with  absorb- 
ing interest  and  I  understand  better  than 
before  how  your  mission  long  and  earnestly 


2 


EDITORIAL  NOTES. 


[January, 


labored  to  reform  the  old  Church  within 
itself  and  failed."  She  finds  the  Anglican 
Mission  "is  on  more  ritualistic  lines"  than 
she  was  aware  of,  and  adds  :  "  I  have  had 
many  conversations  with  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury  on  this  subject.  My  view  is 
that  his  mission  must  utterly  fail  because  it 
condones  superstition,  exalts  ceremonial, 
and  having  deserted  the  simplicity  which  is 
in  Christ  cannot  lead  the  people  back  to  it. 
I  have  also  said  a  great  deal  to  him  on  the 
injurious  effect  of  making  the  headquarters 
of  his  mission  in  Oroomiah." 

The  last  word  from  Persia  is  reassuring. 
At  the  end  of  November,  the  Shah  sent  a 
letter  to  the  U.  S.  Minister  at  Teheran, 
containing  his  imperial  assurance  of  full 
protection  for  our  friends  at  Oroomiah,  both 
American  and  Native,  and  promising  due 
punishment  to  the  men  who  lately  murdered 
an  Armenian  brother  in  that  city.  This 
good  man's  death  was  the  result  of  Moslem 
intrigue,  and,  since  .showing  themselves 
friends  to  him,  Oroomiah  missionaries  have 
felt  Moslem  agitation  directed  against  them- 
selves, in  a  way  they  have  not  experienced 
in  years.  His  Majesty's  letter  no  doubt 
produced  a  quieting  effect. 

In  August  last,  the  Misses  Montgomery 
made  a  journey  to  Senneh,  four  days  by 
horseback  northwest  of  Hamadan,  hoping 
to  establish  a  school  and  leave  a  teacher  to 
carry  it  on.  They  had  a  friendly  reception 
from  the  Governor,  but,  upon  discovering 
that  the  Sennehites,  both  Jews  and  Mos- 
lems, were  looking  chiefly  for  pecuniary 
benefits  from  a  school,  they  turned  about 
and  took  their  teacher  home  with  them,  not, 
however,  till  they  had  scattered  seed  by  the 
way  which  was  "  left  in  the  care  of  the  Om- 
nipotent Husbandman." 

Life's  a  loan  from  Him  who  gave  us  being, 
And  its  value  lies  in  homewards  fleeing. 

From  the  Arabic. 

The  year  1894  begins  with  663  foreign 
missionaries  on  the  roll  of  our  Church,  as 
against  630  a  year  ago.  Of  these,  157  are 
unmarried  women  and  35  are  single  men. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  leads  the  world 
in  the  number  of  her  women  physicians  in 
foreign  service.  She  enrolls  twenty-two,  a 
gain  of  five  in  the  past  year,  and  every  one 
at  her  post. 

Deaths  in  our  missions  in  1893,  included 
five  children  and  six  adults.  Mr.  Young,  of 


Peking,  and  the  veteran  Mrs.  Cochran,  of 
Persia,  went  Home  early  in  the  year;  Mrs. 
Menkel,  newly  arrived  in  Africa ;  and  but 
lately,  Mrs.  Waddell,  of  Brazil,  Mrs.  Lingle, 
of  South  China,  and  Dr.  Nevius. 

These  four ;  Nkonemakak,  which  the 
Africa  pioneering  party  has  reached,  but  not 
yet  reported  from  ;  Praa  in  Laoland,  whither 
Dr.  Briggs  has  removed,  leaving  the  Hospital 
which  he  built  up  to  a  new  comer  ;  Paoting- 
fu  in  the  Peking  district,  where  Dr.  Atter- 
bury  has  gone,  resigning  to  others  the  fine 
Hospital  which  was  the  gift  of  himself  and 
his  family  friends ;  Zitacuaro  in  the  rich 
State  of  Michoacan,  Mexico — these  are  the 
new  Stations  of  1893. 

In  justice  to  immediate  needs  of  the  field, 
the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  calls  for 
thirty-one  new  men  this  season.  Only  ten 
are  yet  appointed. 

Those  missions  which,  in  the  eyes  of  the 
Board,  most  warrant  advance  steps  just  now 
are  in  Africa,  Laos  and  Hainan.  Each  of 
the  last  two  must  have  five  men  and  Africa 
must  have  four,  including  an  industrial  mis- 
sionary (layman). 

Of  seven  consecrated  doctors  needed  at 
once  in  our  missions,  the  man  most  desper- 
ately in  request  is  one  for  the  Mosul  field. 
Who  bids  for  Dr.  Grant's  mantle  in  the 
Koordish  mountains  and  can  gracefully  wear 
a  piece  of  Stratford's  diplomatic  cloak  at  the 
same  time  ? 

A  LOUD  and  reasonable  call  from  West 
Japan  for  four  single  ladies,  right  away. 

After  dangerous  fever.  Dr.  Emma  Tem- 
plin,  of  Allahabad,  was  reported,  Novem- 
ber I,  as  making  favorable  progre.ss.  Miss 
Grace  Thwing,  who  was  very  ill  at  Macao  ; 
Mrs.  Dodds,  who  lately  went  to  Mexico  ; 
Mrs.  St.  Pierre,  of  Oroomiah ;  and  Dr. 
Harris,  of  Syria,  who  had  blood  poisoning 
caused  by  an  operation,  are  all  in  various 
stages  of  happy  recovery. 

With  deep  regret  we  learn  that  Miss 
Palmer  is  too  ill  to  be  in  her  school  at 
Osaka,  and  Mrs.  Andrews,  of  North  India, 
and  Miss  Medbery,  of  Oroomiah,  were  also 
ill  at  last  accounts. 

"  Almost  every  day  some  one  speaks  of 
the  effect  Mirza  Ibrahim's  steadfastness  had 
upon  the  non-Christian  people,  and  we  see 
how  much  louder  he  is  preaching  in  death 
than  in  his  life." — Letter  from  Persia. 


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EDITORIAL  NOTES. 


3 


After  hovering  between  life  and  death 
for  three  weeks,  losing  speech  and  reason, 
a  little  member  of  Kolhapur  Station,  South 
India,  has  been  mercifully  restored  and  re- 
sumes his  old  occupation  of  saving  adult 
missionaries  from  homesickness. 

In  distant  Chiningchow,  China,  where, 
even  when  prosperity  is  at  full  tide,  they  long 
for  a  resident  physician,  how  joyous  was  the 
shout  raised  on  the  approach  of  Dr.  Van 
Schoick,  the  little  Station  daughter  having 
carried  a  button  in  her  nose  two  whole  days 
and  no  one  able  to  relieve  her. 

At  Gensan,  Korea,  the  missionary  had 
been  displaying  a  globe  and  leading  up,  from 
the  revolution  of  the  earth  to  the  night  of 
V'sin  and  God's  deliverance.  One  of  her 
audience  broke  out :  "  How  wonderful  it  all 
is  !  I  never  heard  before  that  the  world  is 
round."  But  a  very  old  woman  had  been 
able  to  grasp  a  more  important  thought 
and  she  .said  ;  "  If  there  is  any  hope  after 
death  I  need  to  know  it,  for  I  am  old  and 
must  soon  die." 

Maps,  on  cloth,  for  use  in  meetings,  can 
be  had  from  headquarters  of  the  sev- 
eral Boards  (.see  some  Notes  to  Auxilia- 
ries, this  month),  but — we  wish  we  could 
make  our  readers  believe  it —  the  office  of 
Woman' s  Work  contains  no  such  maps. 

Bound  volumes  of  JVoman's  Work  for 
Woman  for  1893,  uniform  with  the  good 
style  of  former  years.     Price  $1.00. 

Sorry  to  say,  Syria  slides  (for  magic 
lantern)  are  disabled  by  travel.  Borrow 
India  slides  instead. 

In  Africa,  during  the  year  past,  a  notable 
break  has  been  made  into  the  .savage  world 
of  Gazaland,  on  the  border  of  Mashonaland, 
200  miles  from  the  Indian  Ocean.  Travel- 
ing .sometimes  by  boat  up  the  Buzi  River, 
sometimes  walking  around  its  rapids,  four 
missionaries  of  the  American  Board  and 
their  wives,  accompanied  by  several  Zulu 
evangelists  who  volunteered  for  the  pur- 
pose, have  established  themselves  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  British  South  Africa  Com- 
pany, among  a  people  untouched  by  the 
Gospel,  a  branch  of  the  Zulu  race.  This 
new  station  is  really  an  output  from  the 
mission  to  the  Zulus,  established  by  the 
Board  sixty  years  ago,  in  which  the  mission- 
ary band  have  already  done  service. 

A  TELEGRAPH  line  through  from  Cape 
Colony  via  Uganda  to  Cairo  is  promised 
in  the  near  future. 


Uganda  continues  to  be  a  fascinating 
missionary  field.  Thirst  for  reading  has 
"grown  almost  to  a  popular  passion''  with 
the  people.  Bishop  Tucker  says  it  was 
Mackay  who  kindled  that  thirst — Mackay, 
who  cut  type  there  with  his  own  hands.  He 
says,  also,  that  he  never  saw  more  order  or 
reverence  in  an  English  cathedral  than  at 
Sunday  .services  in  Uganda.  "  Where  a 
few  years  ago  they  were  sunk  in  grossest 
paganism,''  he  has  seen  5,000,  at  one  time, 
"  worshiping  the  true  God,  in  a  noble  build- 
ing erected  by  their  own  hands."  Uganda 
is  now  under  British  authority. 

Judgment  has  been  rendered  by  the 
King  of  Siam  in  regard  to  the  murder  of 
a  party  of  five  Karen  mi.ssionaries,  who  left 
Moulmein  in  May,  1890,  to  preach  the  Gos- 
pel to  Karens  in  North  Siam.  Their  four 
carriers  killed  them  at  dead  of  night,  having 
been  instigated  to  the  act  by  a  wealthy 
Buddhist  who  wished  to  prevent  the  spread 
of  Christianity  in  his  country.  Their  guilt 
was  traced  by  a  ruby  taken  from  one  of  the 
Karens,  and  the  King,  upon  confession  by 
some  of  the  accused,  commuted  the  death 
.sentence  to  imprisonment  for  life  and  com- 
manded payment  for  cremation  of  the 
bodies.  This  penalty  was  passed  equally 
upon  the  wealthy  Buddhist  and  the  carriers. 

The  so-called  royal  house  of  Hawaii  has 
been  its  curse  for  years.  The  Queen  secured 
the  pas.sage  of  the  bill  for  the  infamous 
Louisiana  Lottery.  Restrictions  upon  the 
opium  traffic  were  removed.  A  faithful 
cabinet  was  displaced  and  men  of  no  char- 
acter were  placed  in  power.  The  final  act 
was  her  attempt  to  abrogate  the  constitution 
and  establish  one  of  her  own  making ;  it 
was  then  that  all  the  better  clas.se3  united 
and  deposed  her.  Never  was  a  revolution 
more  warranted  by  facts.  —  Missionary 
Herald. 

A  DONATION  of  walking  sticks,  baskets 
and  ornaments  was  .sent  from  the  Pitcairn 
Islanders  to  Dr.  Barnardo's  orphanage  in 
London. 

The  "China  Inland"  lady,  Miss  Taylor, 
who  has  published  a  book  about  her  journey 
into  Tibet,  is  organizing  an  independent 
"  Tibetan  Mission  "  in  London,  and  a  party 
of  missionaries  expect  to  sail  imder  that 
flag  in  January.  They  will  do  w^ell  to  look 
at  the  patience  of  the  Moravian  saints,  who 
have  knocked  at  the  gates  of  Tibet  for 
forty  years. 


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TWO  WEEKS  IN  KARA  DAGH.  PERSIA. 


[January, 


On  July  8th  our  little  caravan  started 
for  the  mountain.s  north  and  north-east  of 
Tabriz,  a  sort  of  Galilee  of  the  Gentiles, 
haunt  of  robbers,  nomads  and  poor,  untaught 
villagers,  where  I  have  always  wanted  to  go. 
Dr.  Bradford  took  her  cook  and  hostler, 
both  Turks,  and  we  had  the  owner  of  our  two 
hired  horses  and  mule  with  us,  a  short, 
stocky  Turk,  who  accohipanied  us  on  foot 
and  whom  we  named  the  "Brownie,"  partly 
from  his  brown  hat  and  coat  and  partly  from 
the  mild  contrariness  that  was  in  him,  lead- 
ing him  to  try  to  cross  our  devices  and  giv- 
ing us  pleasure  in  circumventing  his,  for  the 
little  man  generally  got  the  worst  of  it  and 
was  often  heard  grumbling  gently  that  he 
was  much  oppressed  by  the  ladies. 

Each  day  we  rode  from  sixteen  to  twenty- 
four  miles,  and  we  visited  only  Mussulman 
villages,  with  one  exception.  At  the  first 
village,  where  we  spent  the  Sabbath,  we 
had  a  furnished  room,  samovar,  carpets, 
chairs,  mirrors.  It  belonged  to  the  Crown 
Prince's  wrestler.  We  vi.sited  his  two 
wives,  one  of  whom  was  sick.  Everywhere 
people  were  extremely  curious  to  see  us  and 
asked  most  impertinent  questions,  for  we 
were  the  first  foreign  ladies  to  visit  those 
parts.  Our  journey  was  in  the  month  of 
Moharrem,  when  the  mourning  for  Hassan 
and  Hou.s.sain  is  observed.  The  people 
gather  nightly  in  the  mosques  to  listen  to 
the  tragic  story  of  their  deaths.  The  re- 
cital is  called  a  marsva,  and  more  than 
once  in  the  villages  we  were  asked  if  we 
could  tell  it,     Then  we  told  how  Jesus 


died.  "'Why  don't  you  cry?'"  was  asked.. 
"  Why  should  we  cry  ?  The  Lord  is  not 
in  the  tomb,  but  on  the  throne  of  glory, 
praying  for  us.  We  have  no  cause  for 
tears."  We  were  begged  to  tell  fortunes, 
at  the  price  of  a  pair  of  worsted  stockings.. 
I  bought  several  pairs  to  take  home,  and 
one  sharp-eyed  woman  who  caught  a 
glimpse  of  them,  said:  "If  you  don't 
tell  fortunes,  what  are  doing  with  all  those 
stockings  ? "  When  we  were  ready  to 
leave,  our  host,  a  stalwart,  silent  man,  and 
two  or  three  friends  came  in  and  asked  for 
reading  and  prayers. 

At  the  second  village  we  came  down- 
from  our  fine  accommodations  to  a  small 
dark  room,  with  mud  floor  and  nowhere  to 
put  anything,  but  our  hearts  were  rejoiced 
by  a  woman  who  said  earnestly,  "  Can 
you  tell  me  how  to  be  saved  from  hell  ?  I 
am  so  afraid  of  it,"  and  a  man  who  said, 
"I  want  you  to  tell  me  all  about  Jesus."  It 
was  a  solemn  thing  to  meet  so  many  im- 
mortal souls  and  to  find  most  of  rhem 
taken  up  with  trivialities.  It  was  calcu- 
lated to  make  us  feel  we  must 


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TIVO   WEEKS  IN  KARA  DAGH,  PERSIA. 


5 


"  Nothing  desire,  nothing  know, 
But  Jesus  crucified." 

At  every  place  Dr.  Bradford  saw  sick 
people  ;  some  were  h  jpeless  cases  and  she 
had  to  say  she  could  do  nothing,  which 

they  rarely  believed  The 

Brownie  wanted  to  set  us  down  for  the 
night  in  such  a  wretched  place  that  we 
rebelled.  "Very  well,  you  will  have  to 
sleep  with  the  tent  dwellers."  Poor  little 
man  !  He  had  no  idea  this  was  just  what 
we  were  wishing.  So,  to  his  despair,  we 
pushed  on  till  four  o'clock,  when  a  group 
of  black  tents  appeared  on  a  hill  and  a 
blue-coated  figure  rode  out  to  give  us  wel- 
come and  an  introduction  to  the  clan. 
This  was  Abraham,  an  Armenian,  husband 
of  one  of  our  former  school-girls,  and  a 
trader,  especially  in  silk  cocoons.  He  im- 
ports the  eggs  from  Italy,  distributes  to 
these  wild  peoples,  and  buys  from  them 
the  cocoons  which  they  raise  in  their  winter 
homes  in  the  warm  districts  on  the  Caspian 
Sea.  In  the  spring  they  leave  homes  and 
gardens  and  bring  their  flocks  and  herds  to 
the  mountain  pastures,  where  they  summer 
in  tents  covered  with  black  felt,  with  mat- 
ting walls  and  supported  by  tent  poles.  In 
such  a  tent,  speedily  vacated  for  us,  were 
we  lodged  and  received  with  a  hospitality 
which  reminded  one  of  Abraham  and 
Isaac.  A  beautiful  little  black  lamb  was 
presented  as  our  prospective  supper.  Our 
cook  attempted  to  ask  prices,  but  they 
were  insulted  at  the  mention  of  such  a 
thing,  and  he  ruefully  reported  "Little 
remains  but  they  slay  me."  We  asked 
them  to  take  their  housekeeping  things  out 
of  the  tent,  but  they  replied,  "Not  till 
you  have  selected  all  you  need."  Let  me 
whisper  that,  before  leaving,  we  had  to  gi\  e 
a  present  in  money  worth  double  what  w  e 
received.  The  truth  is,  they  are  all  no- 
torious robbers  and  we  kept  a  bright  look- 
out for  our  effects. 

We  went  to  call  on  the  wife  of  the  chief, 
Lady  Tulip,  a  bright  capable  woman,  evi- 
dently a  power  in  the  camp,  who  can  ride 
and  shoot  with  any  man.  In  the  evening 
she  and  other  ladies  paid  us  a  return  visit. 
One  of  them  was  spinning  silk  from  the 
cocoon  with  a  distaff.  Some  of  them 
stayed  for  prayers,  and  afterward  Lady 
Tulip  said  to  Doctor  Bradford,  "I  want 
you  to  give  some  medicine  to  this  woman 
(wife  of  our  host)  to  make  her  fat,  her 
husband  says  he  means  to  take  another  wife 
who  is  plump."     "I  would  like  to  give 


some  medicine  to  him  to  make  him  give  up 
such  a  wicked  idea."  Dr.  B.  then  began 
to  exhort  him.  "Would  you  like  your 
wife  to  take  another  husband  ? "  "  Cer- 
tainly not."  "Then  you  must  remember 
she  feels  the  same  way  about  you."  "Oh,  I 
only  want  another  to  help  about  the  house 
work."  "But  you  have  girls,  let  them 
help."  Things  were  getting  rather  hot  for 
our  fine-looking  host,  when  he  suddenly 
turned  the  tables  on  the  Doctor.  "  Why 
are  you  not  married  ?  The  very  earth 
under  your  feet  testifies  it  is  a  sin,"  for 
Moslems,  like  the  Mormons,  believe  it 
wicked  not  to  marry.  I  sat  mute  as  a 
mouse,  not  wishing  to  incur  a  similar 
attack.  Doctor  said  something  which  made 
them  all  laugh,  and  Kerbela  Abbas  turned 
fiercely  on  his  wife,  who  had  not  once 
opened  her  mouth,  saying,  "  What  did  you 
come  in  for,  anyhow,  to  kick  up  all  this 
fuss  ?  " 

By  dawn  I  heard  the  steady  "  swish, 
swish  "  of  the  churning.  Suspended  from 
three  crotched  sticks  was  the  skin  of  a  cow, 
filled  with  milk,  which  two  women  vigor- 
ously pulled  back  and  forth  till  the  butter 
should  come.  As  for  its  kind,  when  it  did 
come — well — they  like  it.  We  took  our 
farewell,  marred,  as  it  so  often  is,  by  their 
exorbitant  demands  for  money.  "  Race 
of  dogs,"  Abraham  said  in  Armenian. 

That  day  we  came  into  the  Black  Mount- 
ains, and  oh,  what  a  sight  for  barren  and 
treeless  and  rainless  Persia  !  The  mist  on  the 
mountains,  the  low  forests, — real  forests, — 
clothing  their  sides,  scrub  oak  though  they 
were,  we  rejoiced  to  see,  and  to  ride  through 
the  soft  rain  that  hardly  seemed  to  wet  us. 
We  were  rising  higher  and  higher,  sur- 
rounded by  seas  of  mountain  peaks,  .sepa- 
rated by  almost  inaccessible  valleys  from 
which  we  heard  at  times  cries  of  the  shep- 
herds or  songs  of  the  reapers.  The  views 
were  magnificent  when  we  could  see  them, 
but  oftener  they  were  shrouded  in  such  fog 
that  we  could  not  see  more  than  ten  feet 

beyond  our  horses'  heads   We 

climbed  up  until  we  reached  a  village, 
where  we  were  welcomed  in  such  a  kind 
way.  The  head  man  knew  Dr.  B.  and  took 
us  right  into  his  own  house  and  gave  us  a 
nice  room  and  fire  and  ordered  the  crowd 
to  stay  out  and  let  us  rest,  while  he  himself 
helped  Mousa  put  up  our  traveling  beds,  on 
the  principle  of  the  small  boy  who  helps 
about  the  circus  to  get  to  see  the  animals. 
His  mother  reminded  me  of  my  own.  so 


TU'O   WEEKS  IN  KARA  DAGH,  PERSIA. 


[January, 


BLACK  TENTS  OF  THE  ELIAUTS  ( OR  ILYATS).     CHURNING  IN  THE  FOREGROUND. 


bright,  cheerful  and  hospitable.  She  slip]  ed 
in  saying  "My  son  said  I  .shouldn't  come, 
but  I  wanted  to  so  much."  I  replied  "You 
are  the  mother,  of  course  you  shall  come." 
Much  pleased  she  answered  "  You  are  my 
own  two  little  ones."  We  slept  sweetly 
here,  but  next  morning  came  the  tug  of  war, 
when  the  village  women  gathered  and  over- 
whelmed us  with  questions.  One  said 
"What  hope  is  there  for  the  Black  Mount- 
ain people?  We  are  nothing  for  this  world 
or  the  next."  After  treating  all  who  needed. 
Dr.  B.  fled  out  doors  from  the  confu-sion. 
It  seemed  impossible  to  get  them  to  listen, 
and  at  last  I  said  :  "  Sisters,  what  is  it  to  you 
if  we  are  married  or  not,  if  we  are  related 
or  not  ?  We  came  yesterday,  we  go  to-day  ; 
we  shall  never  meet  again  till  we  stand 
before  the  judgment  seat  of  God.  Let  me 
talk  to  you  of  life  and  death,  for  all  must 
die,  and  tell  you  of  .salvation."  They  .said 
"It  is  true,  it  is  true,"  and  listened  while 
I  talked. 


That  day  was  Saturday  and  I  had  a  long- 
ing to  spend  the  Sabbath  in  a  Christian 
village,  so  we  rode  again  all  day  and,  near 
night,  found  a  small  Armenian  village.  They 
were  unwilling  to  receive  us,  saying  "  We 
are  not  infidels,  why  do  you  come  to  us?" 
So  we  took  a  guide  to  another,  where  we 
stayed  on  the  hospitable  porch  of  the  old 
priest. 

Our  pack  mule  had  fallen  into  the  river, 
and  books,  bedding,  clothes,  were  dripping 
wet.  We  found  one  of  Mr.  Wilson's  school- 
boys here,  and  the  priest  had  been  enter- 
tained at  Mr.  W.'s  house  in  Tabriz.  All 
Sunday  the  old  gentleman  was  busy  mend- 
ing his  primitive  threshing  machine,  spread- 
ing his  cocoons  to  dry  in  the  sun,  currying 
and  feeding  his  horse  and  donkey,  but  ex- 
cept in  the  early  morning  had  no  church 
service,  saying  afterward  he  forgot  it.  He 
catechized  us  about  our  faith,  and  after 
answering  I  asked  "What  is  your  hope  for 
salvation?"  "If  we  are  good  we  will  go 


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TJVO   WEEKS  IN  KARA  DAGH,  PERSIA. 


7 


to  heaven."  "Who  is  good?'"  "God 
only  knows."  He  asked  about  our  fasts, 
adding  "We  are  much  tormented  with  these 
fasts."  I  read  the  15th  of  Luke  to  some 
men.  One  of  them  asked  "Tell  us,  why 
do  you  pass  us  by  and  go  to  these  Turkish 
villages?"  but  seemed  satisfied  with  the 
answer  "We  are  .seeking  the  lost  sheep." 
It  was  better  to  spend  the  day  there  than  in 
a  Turkish  village,  but  next  morning  the  old 
priest,  though  liberally  paid,  was  much  dis- 
satisfied and  was  evidently  a  lover  of  money. 

How  can  I  describe  the  wild  and  frantic 
scene  at  Uzbend  where  we  passed  the  next 
night?  I  have  seen  nothing  like  it  in 
Persia,  the  noise,  clamor,  shamele.ssness. 
We  put  our  curtain  up  and  arranged  our 
beds  behind  it,  and  Doctor  went  out  in  the 
yard  to  see  the  sick  while  the  well  remained 
with  me.  We  did  not  want  them  behind 
the  curtain,  fearing  robbery  and  fleas,  so  I 
went  out  to  talk  with  them  ;  but  their  re- 
marks were  so  shameless,  I  became  angry 
and  reproved  them,  then  finally  retired 
behind '  the  curtain,  refusing  to  have  any- 
thing to  do  with  them.  The  master  of  the 
hou.se,  a  decent  man,  undertook  to  cppe 
with  the  howling  mob.  Raising  the  curtain, 
with  the  manner  of  a  managerie  proprietor, 
he  would  .say  "Those  are  their  beds  ;  they 
sleep  in  them.  They  came  from  Tabriz  ; 
they  are  going  to  Ahar ;  the  doctor  one  is 
outside,  this  is  a  teacher,  they  are  both 
women,  they  are  not  married."  His  infor- 
mation exhausted,  he  would  howl  in  a  .sten- 
torian tone,  "Go  to  hell,  all  of  you,"  and 
with  blows  and  imprecations  would  clear  the 
way  for  a  fresh  pack  of  visitors.  In  a  lull,  he 
would  drop  on  his  prayer-carpet  and  recite 
his  prayers.    It  was  like  a  horrid  nightmare. 

I  got  up  at  dawn  next  morning  and 
moved  about  like  a  mouse,  for  fear  some 
one  would  hear  me  and  come  to  watch  me 
dress.  Dr.  B.  and  I  had  prayers  by  turns, 
she  taking  one  day  and  I  the  next.  This 
was  my  day.  I  did  want  to  say  a  word  for 
Jesus  in  that  wild  place,  so  when  the  room 
was  full.  Dr.  B.  announced  if  they  were  not 
still  during  prayers  .she  would  not  treat  one 
of  them.  And  still  they  were,  listening  and 
understanding,  so  we  had  one  of  our  best 
audiences  for  the  gospel  in  this  dreadful 
village.  At  Ahar,  the  capital  of  the  Black 
Mountain  district,  it  was  almost  like  getting 
home  to  meet  Mr.  Brashear  who  was  out 


touring  among  the  Armenian  villages,  to  get 
our  Tabriz  mail,  and  to  see  my  own  dear 
Turkish  teacher,  Mirza  Abdul  Houssain, 
with  whom  I  constantly  correspond.  He 
brought  to  us  his  friends  and  relatives  and 
the  wayward  pretty  wife.  "  Does  she  love 
you,  Mirza  ?  "  He  gravely  replied,  "  I  don't 
just  know."  His  friend,  the  physician, 
came  to  see  us,  and  the  governor  sent  for 
us,  and  we  saw  his  pretty  wife.  We  stayed 
one  day  and  two  nights  and,  before  leaving, 
I  had  the  opportunity  for  which  I  had  rid- 
den nearly  two  hundred  miles,  to  tell  my 
poor  skeptical  Mirza  the  story  of  Mirza 
Ibrahim,  his  prison  life  and  death,  and  to 
.'^ay  to  him  :  "  Never  say  to  me  again  that  it 
is  impossible  for  a  Moslem  to  become  a 
Christian  except  for  money."  . 

We  came  from  Ahar  to  another  friendly 
village  where  the  very  babies  wanted  to 
come  to  us.  The  women  begged  me  to  go 
to  the  mosque  to  hear  the  ?/ia?-sya  and  got 
permission  from  their  head  man  and  from 
the  mullah,  but  Mousa  and  Dr.  B.  advised 
against  it,  so  I  was  disappointed.  One 
woman  said  to  me  :  "I  have  always  been  an 
obedient  wife  to  my  hu.sband  and  have  borne 
him  nine  daughters,  but  Vjecause  I  have  no 
son  he  has  taken  three  other  wives."  I  told 
her  how  Mr.  St.  Pierre  said  "After  three 
boys  we  didn't  dare  hope  that  God  would 
give  us  a  girl."  Her  eyes  sparkled  when  she 
heard  that  he  gave  tea  and  sugar  to  all  in 
the  house  because  he  had  a  daughter. 

Our  reception  was  very  different  at  the 
last  village,  inhabited  by  camel  drivers. 
For  a  while  we  could  get  no  lodging,  but, 
finally,  one  of  the  wealthiest  men,  on  as- 
.surance  of  our  being  total  abstainers  from 
intoxicants,  took  us  in,  and  we  were  treated 
well,  though  not  a  soul  outside  the  family 
came  to  see  us.  Next  day  we  rode  without 
further  adventure,  save  that  a  mounted 
policeman  appeared  to  guard  us  through  a 
rocky  defile.  Begging  for  a  present  at  the 
end,  he  said:  "Give  not  according  to  my 
poor  deserts  ;  remember  who  you  are  and 
give  no  mean  present,  but  something 
worthy  of  younselves,"  which  is  true  Ori- 
ental for  you.  We  emerged  in  a  pass  on 
the  great  red  mountain  north  of  Tabriz, 
dismounted  for  the  last  time  from  our 
horses  that  we  might  walk  to  its  base,  and 
in  an  hour  were  at  home. 

Grcttie  V.  Holliday. 


"Our  dispensaries"  .says  Dr.  Mary  Bradford,  "are  the  only  places  where  Mussul- 
man women  can  come  without  question  from  the  authorities." 


8 


[January, 


BRIDE  AND  WIDOW— TWO  ZENANAS. 


Scenes  in  zenanas  are  not  always  dreary, 
but,  on  the  contrary,  at  times  very  amusing. 
Before  I  forget  this  morning's  events  I  must 
write  them  down. 

I  went  to  one  of  my  houses  to  say  good- 
by  to  a  young  girl  just  married,  who  was  to 
leave  to-day  the  home  of  her  childhood,  to 
live  with  the  parents  of  her  boy  hu.sband. 
When  I  reached  the  flat  roof  of  the  house,  I 
was  greeted  by  her  parents  and  about  fifty 
women,  all  relatives  and  neighbors.  They 
had  gathered  to  see  the  little  woman's  outfit, 
which  was  spread  upon  two  bedsteads.  Laid 
out  for  show  were  twenty-one  suits,  each 
costume  consisting  of  a  skirt,  short  jacket 
ind  veil  ;  the  gayest  mixtures  of  colors  im- 
aginable, such  as  can  be  seen  only  at  such 
places.  The  skirts  are  all  made  of  either 
black,  dark  blue  or  scarlet  lawn,  trimmed 
with  broad  borders  of  gold  or  silver;  each 
skirt  measures  eight  yards  in  width,  but  they 
are  worn  very  short.  The  chuddars,  or  veils, 
were  of  either  thin  flowered  stuffs,  or  gay 
muslins,  red,  blue  or  yellow,  trimmed  with 
gold  or  silver  borders.  The  short  jackets, 
with  very  short  sleeves,  were  made  of  any 
bright  flowered  stuff  or  color  which  the 
mother  or  si.sters  of  the  bride  most  fancied. 
Some  were  beautifully  embroidered  with 
thick  silver  or  gold  threads.  A  few  white  cos- 
tumes were  very  prettily  embroidered  with 
white  by  sisters  and  aunts  of  the  happy  pos- 
sessor of  all  these  grand  garments.  It  was 
amusing  to  watch  the  air  of  wisdom  exhibited 
by  the  women  while  examining  piece  after 
piece  of  what  they  consider  a  very  liberal 
outfit.  The  mother,  with  an  air  of  impor- 
tance becoming  to  such  a  grand  occasion, 
was  busy  trying  to  keep  off  half  a  dozen 
crows  that  wi.shed  to  fly  about  as  usual  on 
the  roof  of  this  house  and,  every  now  and 
then,  tried  to  sit  on  the  outspread  finery. 

The  bride  meanwhile  was  sitting  behind  a 
screen  taking  her  bath.  The  mother  handed 
her  a  soiled  veil  with  which  to  dry  herself. 
This  act  prompted  me  to  tell  the  matron 
that  not  long  ago  I  looked  at  the  outfit  of 
the  daughter  of  one  of  the  Christians.  I  told 
them  that  bride  had  not  twenty-one  cos- 
tumes, but  she  had  stockings  and  towels, 
chemises  and  nightgowns,  petticoats  and 
drawers.   I  told  them  that  most  of  that  out- 


fit could  be  washed,  as  the  things  were  white. 
"Oh,"  remarked  the  mother,  "white  is  no 
color  at  all ;  and  a  fortune  has  to  be  paid 
the  washer-man."  Another  old  matron  re- 
marked :  "The  idea  of  covering  the  feet 
with  stockings  and  leaving  no  room  to  put 
on  ankle  ornaments  nor  toe  rings."  Her 
bath  finished,  the  bride  appeared,  covered 
with  such  an  amount  of  jewelry  that  if  I  gave 
you  the  number  of  ornaments  it  would  sound 
incredible.  The  small  toe  of  each  foot  had 
a  ring  on,  and  on  the  very  top  of  her  head 
was  a  large,  heavy  golden  ornament.  The 
young  creature  (about  thirteen  years  old) 
was  to  eat  breakfast  with  her  parents,  and  so- 
we  left  her. 

The  next  zenana  I  went  to  was  one  in 
which  death  only  a  .short  time  ago  had 
snatched  away  the  head  of  the  family.  The 
gentleman  was  appreciated,  both  among 
Europeans  and  his  own  people,  as  a  well- 
meaning,  highly  respectable  man.  He  was 
a  wealthy  and  well  known  contractor.  The 
kindness  with  which  he  treated  his  family- 
was  remarkable.  The  poor  widow  was  so 
full  of  sorrow,  it  seemed  hard  to  find  the 
right  wor4s  with  which  to  comfort  her.  The 
expression  of  her  face  had  become  one  of 
such  despair  that  I  often  feared  I  could  say 
no  more  to  her.  She  and  her  daughters  sat 
near  me  as  usual,  listening  to  answers  in  the 
Catechism.  One  of  the  questions  was  "  what 
is  sin?"  After  the  little  girl  had  answered, 
I  endeavored  to  explain  to  them  what  a  com- 
fort it  is  that  through  the  Redeemer  we  can 
obtain  forgiveness  at  any  time  and  place. 
"Oh  !"  said  the  sorrowful  woman,  "do 
you  mean  that  Christ  will  forgive  my  sins? 
I  am  glad  to  know  this,  for  I  am  a  great 
sinner."  She  felt  happier  after  this  thought. 

This  family  belongs  to  a  Reformed  Brah- 
minist  religion,  and  believe  only  in  the 
Supreme  God,  have  no  objection  to  the 
Bible,  and  are  highly  educated.  Do  pray  for 
this  widow.  I  cannot  give  her  name,  for  it 
does  not  do  to  go  in  and  out  of  these  peo- 
ple's houses  and  then  write  about  them.  It 
is  plainly  to  be  noticed  how  precious  words 
of  comfort  are  to  the  widows,  for  one  .seldom 
receives  sympathy  among  her  own  people. 

Ernestine  Calderwood. 


The  record  of  missionary  progre.ss  during  the  past  century  has  in  it  more  of  solid  hope 
for  the  world  and  more  of  tangible  contact  with  the  promises  of  God,  than  anything  else 
in  human  history. — Foreign  Missions  After  a  Century,  p.  42. 


I894-] 


9^ 


A  VISIT  TO  THE  DWARFS,  WEST  AFRICA. 

INCIDENT  OF  FOURTH  JOURNEY  TO  THE  INTERIOR,   JUNE,    1 893. 


The  second  day  from  Batanga  I  struck  a 
village  of  the  famous  Dwarfs.  As  every- 
body knows,  it  is  only  by  rare  chance  that 
one  gets  a  sight  of  these  little  people.  They 
are  found  all  over  this  part  of  Africa  living 
much  like  gypsies,  scattered  among  many 
tribes  but  belonging  to  none.  All  other  peo- 
ple of  these  parts  live  by  agriculture  ;  what 
they  kill  is  a  small  part  of  their  food.  It  is 
on  their  gardens  of  plantains,  cassava,  yams, 
corn,  sweet  potatoes  and  ground-nuts  that 
they  mainly  depend.  But  the  Dwarfs  are 
not  so.  They  live  by  the  chase  and  on 
wild  fruits  and  edible  leaves  of  the  forest. 
But  they  are  not  at  all  averse  to  eating  what 
others  have  raised.  They  want  vegetable 
food,  but  do  not  wish  to  work  for  it.  How 
are  they  to  get  it  ?  I  am  happy  to  say  they 
are  not  blamed  with  stealing  food  from  their 
neighbors'  gardens.  It  is  admitted  on  all 
hands  that  they  are  remarkably  honest. 
Here  is  their  mode  of  life. 

They  attach  themselves  to  some  town  of 
Fang,  or  Mabea,  or  whatever  tribe  occupies 
the  country  in  which  they  wish  to  live. 
They  are  skillful  hunters,  and  if  there  is 
game  to  be  had  they  will  get  it  and,  taking 
it  to  the  town,  exchange  it  for  the  food  they 
want.  Often  a  family  of  Dwarfs  will  main- 
tain such  an  alliance  with  a  town  of  their 
stronger  neighbors  for  generations.  The 
Dwarfs  are  themselves  a  timid  and  harmless 
people,  at  least,  in  this  part  of  Africa.  They 
never  pretend  to  fight  for  their  rights,  so  I 
am  assured.  When  the  people  to  whom  they 
have  attached  themselves  do  them  a  wrong 
which  they  are  disposed  to  resent,  they  sim- 
ply move  away  and  seek  alliance  with  some 
other  town.  It  is  considered  an  advantage 
to  have  them  as  neighbors,  so  they  are  gen- 
erally well  treated.  Their  towns  are  not 
permanent,  however,  merely  rude  sheds 
which  they  occupy  only  while  game  in  the 
neighborhood  lasts. 

But  if  stronger  tribes  do  not  rob  or 
kill  the  Dwarfs,  they  certainly  take  advan- 
tage of  their  ignorance  of  the  world,  sup- 
plying them  with  cloth,  guns,  powder  or 
spears  at  such  prices  as  they  choose  to  ask, 
and  taking  good  care  that  "their  Dwarfs" 
come  in  contact  with  no  one  who  will  tell 
them  how  they  are  being  cheated.  Here 
comes  in  the  difficulty  of  seeing  them.  If  you 


go  to  a  tribe  and  ask  to  be  shown  the  town 
of  their  Dwarfs,  they  pretend  to  be  most 
willing,  but  explain  that  the  Dwarfs  have 
never  seen  a  white  man  and  will  be  afraid  ; 
so  they  must  go  in  advance  and  prepare 
them.  Their  object  is  to  see  that  they  run 
away.  Had  I  asked  the  Mabea  to  show  me 
their  Dwarfs,  I  would  have  asked  in  vain. 
But  I  had  a  young  Mabea  guide  who  was 
impetuous  and  thoughtless.  As  we  were 
trudging  through  the  forest,  I  happened  to 
notice  a  newly  beaten  track  leading  off  from 
the  main  path  and  at  the  same  moment  I 
heard  the  sound  of  voices.  I  asked  in  sur- 
prise, Who  made  that  path  ?  for  I  had  sup- 
posed we  had  left  the  towns  behind.  With- 
out taking  time  to  think  he  replied,  "There 
is  a  town  of  the  Dwarfs  there."  Then  I 
had  him  fa.st ;  he  was  in  my  employ,  he 
dare  not  directly  disobey,  and,  of  course,  I 
at  once  announced  that  I  would  turn  aside 
and  see  these  people.  When  we  came  near 
he  said,  "  I  will  go  and  tell  them  so  they 
will  not  be  frightened  ;  you  wait  here  and  I 
will  call  you."  But  I  followed  and  entered 
the  village  so  close  behind  him  there  was 
no  chance  for  working  any  game  on  me.  I 
found  the  Dwarfs  at  home  to  the  number  of 
fifty  or  sixty,  and  not  so  badly  frightened 
after  all,  which  I  attribute  to  the  fact  that 
they  had  not  been  "  prepared "  for  my 
visit. 

The  village  was  newly  built.  Paths  were 
new,  leaves  with  which  houses  were  roofed 
were  comparatively  fresh.  The  spot  they 
had  selected  was  high  and  well  drained,  and 
a  fair  sized  stream  of  beautifully  clear  water 
flowed  clo.se  by.  I  could  have  enjoyed  a 
few  days  in  such  a  camp  myself,  but  to 
spend  one's  life  in  such  encampments, — no 
clearing,  no  open  country,  no  .sunlight,  no 
outlook  beyond  the  shadowy  forest  glades, — 
the  thought  was  enough  for  me.  I  have 
only  pictured  the  reality.  How  can  the.se 
people  ever  see  the  clear  sunlight  ?  They 
can  wade  out  into  the  middle  of  a  stream, 
where  they  find  one  wide  enough  not  to  be 
overshadowed  by  forest ;  or  they  can  find  a 
place  where  a  large  tree  has  fallen  and 
carried  down  with  it  a  number  of  its  lesser 
neighbors,  thus  letting  the  sunlight  through 
to  the  earth  ;  but,  practically,  the.se  people 
only  see  dim  glimpses  of  the  sun  through 


lO 


A    VISIT  TO   THE  DWARFS. 


[Jam;ary, 


the  trees.  Their  houses  are  as  different  from 
houses  of  the  Dwarfs  which  I  have  seen 
pictured  as  they  could  well  be.  They  are 
simply  sheds.  Poles  are  placed  one  end  on 
the  ground,  the  other  resting  on  a  horizon- 
tal pole,  supported  on  posts  four  or  five  feet 
from  the  ground.  Across  these  poles  small 
sticks  are  laid  like  lath  on  a  roof,  and  on 
these  are  laid  with  wonderful  skill  the  large 
leaves  that  serve  as  shingles.  You  would 
imagine  that  such  a  roof  would  leak  ;  but 
when  well  made  it  is  wonderful  how  it  will 
turn  water.  These  sheds  are  ten  to  twelve 
feet  from  front  to  back  and  anywhere  from 
ten  to  twenty-five  feet  long.  There  are  no 
walls  ;  only  sometimes  the  ends  are  partly 
closed  by  setting  up  branches  of  trees 
against  the  roof.  The  front  is  always  open. 
These  sheds  are  not  built  in  any  order,  but 
are  scattered  about  apparently  at  random. 
In  these  houses,  if  we  can  call  such  struct- 
ures houses,  these  people  live,  eat,  sleep  on 
their  beds  of  poles,  and  die.  When  game 
becomes  scarce  they  simply  move  to  a  new 
place  and  in  a  few  days  have  a  new  village. 

When  I  came  into  the  encampment  of 
the  Dwarfs  I  found  a  number  of  Mabea 
there  from  the  coast,  exchanging  cassava 
for  game.  They  looked  rather  put  out  at 
seeing  me  there,  but  the  Dwarfs  seemed 
rather  pleased.  They  gathered  around  and 
gazed  in  speechless  wonder,  but  I  doubt 
whether  their  curiosity  was  greater  than 
mine.  Could  I  talk  to  them?  I  tried  Bule 
on  them.  They  replied  modestly  that  they 
did  not  know  Bule,  but  as  they  replied  in  a 
language  very  like  the  Fang  of  the  Ogowe, 
I  felt  at  home  at  once.  A  big  and  very 
consequential  Mabea  came  up  and  offered 
to  interpret  my  Bule  into  Mabea,  but  I 
promptly  and  emphatically  declined  his 
services.  I  had  no  difficulty  in  making 
myself  understood.  They  answered  ques- 
tions about  themselves  without  hesitation. 
The  women  and  children  were  a  little  timid, 
but  not  more  so  than  the  Bule  the  first  time 
I  came  among  them.  One  little  old  man 
seemed  especially  intelligent  and  fearless. 
I  put  the  question  to  him  plainly,  "  Why 
do  you  live  here  in  the  bush  like  this  and 
never  come  to  see  the  white  man  ?  "  He 
replied,  with  a  side  wink  toward  the  Mabea 
man,  "  The.se  people  will  not  allow  us  to 
.see  the  white  man."  I  spent  most  of  my 
time  trying  to  solve  a  que.stion  the  answer 
to  which  I  have  been  seeking  for  years, 
viz  :  Do  the  Dwarfs  have  a  language  of  their 
own,  or  do  they  speak  the  language  of  the 


tribe  with  which  they  associate  themselves? 
I  watched  carefully  to  see  if  they  spoke 
among  themselves  in  a  language  I  did  not 
know,  but  heard  nothing  but  Mabea  and 
Fang. 

These  Dwarfs  did  not  fit  any  description 
I  have  ever  read  of  African  pigmies.  Some 
of  them  must  have  been  five  feet  or  more  in 
height.  Still,  they  were  distinctly  dwarfed 
in  stature.  The  Mabea  who  stood  by  are 
rarely  above  medium  height,  yet  they 
seemed  very  large  compared  with  the 
Dwarfs.  They  were  a  distinctly  lighter  tint 
than  the  surrounding  tribes,  but  I  could  not 
see  any  sign  of  the  yellowish  or  reddish 
growth  of  hair  on  the  body,  of  which  some 
travelers  have  spoken.  Certainly  these 
Dwarfs  were  the  lowest  specimens  of  the 
human  race  I  have  yet  encountered.  Their 
jaws  were  much  too  large  ;  their  foreheads 
low  and  retreating  ;  and  I  noticed  especially 
that  their  foreheads  and  the  tops  of  their 
heads  were  irregular  and  rough,  instead  of 
smooth  and  rounded.  The  lowness  of  their 
foreheads  was  emphasized  by  the  size  of 
their  eyes.  The  children  especially  seemed 
to  have  eyes  like  saucers.  The  eyebrows, 
which  were  heavy,  were,  or  seemed  to  be, 
farther  above  the  eye  than  in  other  races. 
You  can  perhaps  imagine  the  result.  The 
eyebrow  seemed  to  be  in  the  middle  of  the 
forehead,  and,  worst  of  all,  the  brows  did 
not  always  seem  to  be  set  on  straight ;  not 
only  did  they  slant  inwards,  but  the  two 
eyebrows  on  the  same  person  did  not,  in 
some  cases,  appear  to  have  the  same  slant. 
This  must  have  been  a  mistake  on  my  part, 
but  certainly  it  seemed  to  me  so.  The  upper 
part  of  their  bodies  seemed  strong  enough  ; 
but  the  abdominal  portion  was  far  too  large 
for  symmetry,  suggesting  gluttony,  and 
their  legs  seemed  to  me  crooked  and  weak. 

On  the  whole  my  visit  to  the  camp  of 
the  Dwarfs  left  on  my  mind  a  feeling  of 
sadness,  to  think  that  human  beings  should 
live  such  a  life.  I  tried  to  learn  .something 
of  their  religious  ideas,  but  could  not  find 
that  they  differed  from  those  of  the  Mabea. 
There  are  a  vast  number  of  these  weak, 
harmless  people  in  Africa  and  the  Christian 
cannot  but  ask.  How  long  will  it  take  the 
slowly  dawning  light  to  reach  the.se  children 
of  nature  skulking  with  the  beasts  in  the 
shades  of  the.se  mighty  forests? 

Pray  for  us  that  we  may  be  able  to  carry 
the  blessed  Gospel  of  light  to  the.se  who  are 
literally  living  in  darkness. 

A.  C.  Gooi. 


i894  ] 


II 


A  LAKAWN  PRINCESS,  LAOLAND. 


I  SEND  you  a  picture  of  a  princess  with 
her  gold  rings,  gold  bracelets,  earrings  and 
anklets  and  golden  threads  woven  all  through 
her  dress.  She  has  her  servants  with  her. 
There  is  a  great 
work  to  be  done 
among  this 
class. 

IV.  A.  Briggs. 


When  I  was 
leaving  Lakawn 
to  come  home 
last  year,  I  went 
one  day  to  bid 
good-by  to  an 
old  princess 
whom  I  had 
visited  often  in 
her  own  home, 
as  she  has  some 
trouble  in  her 
feet  and  cannot 
walk  well.  She 
liked  to  listen 


say  things  that  they  think  will  please  us, 
and  her  words  may  have  meant  just  that. 
Still,  she  often  sent  for  me  and,  almost 
always,  our  conversation  was  about  our  re- 


THE  PRINCE.SS.      FROM  PHOTOCR.^PH  TAKEN  BY  Dl!.  BlilGCS. 


to  reading  and  was  one 
of  the  few  women  in  Lakawn  who  can  read 
and  has  read  a  part  of  the  Bible.  As  I  came 
away  she  took  my  hand  and  said  :  "  N'ai, 
tell  your  mother  that  we  lend  you  to  her 
only — you  belong  to  us.  I  want  you  to 
come  back  soon  and  teach  me  the  way  to 
heaven."  The  Lao  people  like  to  flatter  and 


ligion  and  I  think  she  was  interested.  Some- 
times there  would  be  twenty-five  or  thirty 
of  her  people  about  us  as  we  talked,  and 
they  would  ask  questions,  and,  though  some 
of  them  were  only  curious,  I  hope  time 
will  show  that  others  were  sincerely 
affected. 

Kate  N.  Fleeson. 


EXTRACTS  FROM  DR.  JESSICA  CARLETON'S  NOTEBOOK,  AMBALA,  INDIA. 


April  3. — The  goddess  of  smallpox  is 
propitiated.  Fine  feasts  are  given  to  the 
Brahmins  and  to  unmarried  girls.  One  of  my 
Hindu  friends  sent  me  a  tray  of  six  dishes. 

A  girl  of  eighteen  came  into  the 
dispensary,  and,  in  a  simple,  earnest,  though 
shy  way,  said  her  husband  loved  another 
woman,  and  she  was  anxious  that  I  should 
give  him  a  "love  potion"  which  should  win 
him  back  to  her.  He  often  beats  her.  She 
had  a  singularly  sweet  low  voice.  She  could 
not  be  persuaded  that  I  had  no  such  medi- 
cine. 

At  Sunday  .service  came  three  such  skele- 
elton-like  figures  that  I  said,  they  belong  to 
this  starving  land.  Few  are  fully  fed.  But 
I  find  they  are  Brahmins.  Two  deaths  in 
the  family  have  required  the  women  to  fast 
for  a  year.  Many  die  under  this  custom. 
Down  country  some  castes  are  abolishing 


this  fasting  on  the  part  of  women. 
A  child  was  ill,  and  an  offering  of  a  little 
kid  was  made  to  the  gods  by  setting  it  free 
before  the  tomb  of  a  saint.  The  kid  grow- 
ing hungry  wandered  into  a  Christian  hou.se, 
where  it  was  cared  for.  Friends  of  the  sick 
child  learning  of  this  were  much  alarmed, 
for  it  was  proof  that  the  deity  had  not 
accepted  their  offering;  to  be  accepted  it 
should  have  died  ;  something  more  valuable 
would  now  be  necessary. 

September. — -From  the  2d  to  i8th  all 
Hindus  perform  ceremonies  in  honor  of 
their  dead,  chief  of  which  is  to  feed  the 
Brahmins.  My  in-patients  are  wanting  to 
go  home,  however  ill  they  may  be,  to  feed 
the  fat,  idle  Brahmins  and  help  on  the 
souls  of  their  dead.  No  one  washes  his 
head  for  sixteen  days.  If  they  do,  the  dirt 
they  wash  off  will  fly  into  the  heads  of  their 


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dead  relatives  in  Paradise  and  cause  untold 
mischief. 

October  3.  —  The  "  Husbands'  Fast  " 
among  Hindus,  Chumarsand  Sweepers.  All 
virtuous  wives  and  bethrothed  maidens  will 
spend  the  day  without  food  or  drink,  in  re- 
membrance of  their  husbands.  Widows  are 
exempt.  I  discovered  this  custom  while 
trying  to  make  a  patient  take  a  dose  of 
quinine,  followed  by  a  drink  of  water,  which 
she  refused.  Four  days  after,  all  mothers 
will  pour  out  a  libation  of  water  to  the  moon 
before  their  evening  meal.  If  parents  are 
dead,  the  eldest  daughter  performs  the  cere- 
mony in  behalf  of  her  brothers  and  sisters, 
to  bring  good  luck.  I  asked  a  devoted 
sister  what  good  it  would  do — "  Oh,"  said 
she,  "  I  do  not  know,  but  the  wise  ones  of 
the  earth  know,  and  so  I  do  it." 

In  our  new  class  of  dais  under  instruction 
— all  Mohammedans — one  woman  looked 
with  deep  interest  at  the  frontal  bone  of  the 
skull,  then  said  with  a  disappointed  air, 
"Where  is  the  word  of  fate  which  is  written 
by  God  in  every  forehead?"  Nothing  could 
make  her  believe  that  this  is  a  true  skull. 

Old  Rutai,  a  leper,  was  to  have  a  cataract 

TESTIFYING  TO  THE 

TWO  JAPAN 

We  have  been  permitted  of  God  in  His 
providence  to  witness  several  deaths  among 
His  followers  here  which  have  borne  signal 
testimony  to  His  saving  power  and  grace. 

On  the  first  day  of  last  December  Miss 
Mary  Allen  West,  of  Chicago,  died  at  our 
house  after  being  ill  here  eight  days.  You 
have  seen  notices  of  her  life  and  death 
which  leave  not  a  doubt  behind  of  her  per- 
fect salvation. 

A  few  days  after  Mi.ss  West's  death  we 
were  called  to  attend  the  funeral  of  a  young 
girl  who  had  been  a  pupil  in  our  school. 
During  her  sickness  she  gave  every  evidence 
of  being  prepared  to  enter  the  eternal  world 
and  inherit  the  crown  of  life.  With  perfect 
calmness  and  real  joy  she  spoke  of  her 
"going  away."  Her  assurance  of  the  sal- 
vation that  awaited  her  was  undisturbed  as 
death  approached,  on  the  contrary  it  was 
strengthened.  One  beautiful  thing  that  she 
said  was  addressed  to  a  lady  missionary 
whom  she  especially  loved.  In  the  prospect 
that  she  would  reach  heaven  before  her 
teacher,  she  said  :  "If  God  will  let  me,  I 
will  come  to  meet  you  when  it  is  yoi:r  time 


removed  by  Dr.  Newton,  who  was  visit- 
ing here.  He  had  been  asking  me  for 
weeks  why  I  left  him  in  utter  darkness.  He 
is  a  quiet,  cleanly,  white-haired  old  man, 
with  few  wants.  When  he  was  on  the  bed 
waiting  for  the  doctor  I  was  busy  getting 
everything  ready  and  supposed  he  was  think- 
ing of  the  trial  before  him.  He  spoke  up 
and  asked  if  there  was  a  chair  for  the  Miss 
Sahib,  and  insisted  on  my  having  one  to  sit 
on.  Next  day,  having  heard  that  he  felt 
pain,  I  went  over  to  put  in  atropia.  He  gave 
a  sigh  of  relief  and  said,  "  You  also  go  and 
get  comfort."  I  shall  never  again  say  any- 
thing about  the  ingratitude  of  the  lepers. 

At  the  Sunday  special  service  in  the 
city  dispensary  not  only  the  poor,  but 
often  our  most  wealthy  neighbors,  with 
heavy  gold  bangles  and  necklaces,  silken 
skirts  and  gay  veils,  come  to  listen,  and 
return  the  next  Sabbath  to  repeat  their  text 
or  lesson  and  receive  a  picture  card  with  a 
verse  in  the  vernacular  printed  on  it  (some- 
times by  hand).  Advertising  cards  with 
text  on  a  bit  of  paper  over  the  advertise- 
ment do  nicely.  This  gives  opportunity 
for  special  texts  for  special  cases. 

GRACE  OF  GOD.  II. 

:SE  GIRLS. 

to  die."  Her  faith  was  such  an  evidence 
of  the  things  not  seen  that  her  heathen 
mother's  heart  was  awakened  to  an  interest 
in  the:^:e  things. 

In  January,  another  young  girl  was  called 
from  this  earthly  life.  A  month  before,  at 
her  own  request,  she  had  been  baptized. 
When  she  was  taken  ill  and  a  doctor  called, 
she  astonished  him  by  saying  that  she  did 
not  want  his  medicine,  for  she  did  not  want 
to  live  ;  she  wanted  to  go  to  heaven.  Her 
illness  after  becoming  serious  lasted  perhaps 
three  weeks.  During  most  of  that  time  she 
could  not  lie  down  with  any  comfort,  and 
most  of  her  nights  were  sleepless.  She 
would  not  let  others  sit  up  with  her,  saying 
they  could  do  nothing  for  her.  During 
those  wakeful  hours  she  read  her  Bible  and 
sang  gospel  songs.  So,  though  hardly  more 
than  a  child  (fourteen  years  old),  those 
night  watches  were  hours  of  prai.se  and  com- 
munion with  the  Lord.  Her  whole  soul 
seemed  turned  toward  God  and  heaven  as 
her  hope  and  desire.  She  assured  us,  time 
and  again,  that  she  was  clinging  and  would 
cling  to  Jesus  as  her  Saviour,  no  matter 


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what  happened.  She  told  the  writer  this 
only  a  few  hours  before  she  died.  On  Jan- 
uary 2ist  she  became  suddenly  much  worse. 
Every  breath  seemed  a  groan  for  release. 
"I  hope  the  angels  will  come  and  carry  me 
home  to-night,"  was  her  oft-e.xpre.ssed  de- 
sire that  day.  The  Japanese  have  a  way  of 
carrying  children  upon  their  backs  instead  of 
in  their  arms  as  we  do.  She  seemed  to  be 
most  comfortable  when  carried  in  this  way. 
An  attendant  was  stooping  down  for  her  to 
get  upon  his  back  ;  she  stood  up,  arranged 


her  dress,  and  was  in  the  act  of  putting  her 
arms  around  his  neck  to  be  borne  off,  when 
a  change  was  seen  to  come  over  her  face. 
Her  mother  caught  the  falling  form  of  her 
daughter  and  resting  her  head  upon  her 
breast  asked  :  "  Have  the  angels  come  for 
you,  Haru?"  She  nodded,  "Yes,"  and 
with  one  or  two  quivering  breaths  her  spirit 
was  gone.  Where?  Can  any  one  doubt 
that  she  was  "  borne,"  like  another  we  read 
of,  "  by  angels  into  Abraham's  bo.som  ?  " 

Thomas  C.  Winn. 


A  PRELIMINARY  VISIT  TO  KERMANSHAH,  PERSIA. 


Mr.  Hawkes  and  I  are  planning  to  spend 
the  coming  winter  in  Kermanshah,  to  open 
lip  work  there.  It  is  an  important  place, 
on  the  direct  road  from  Teheran  to  Bagh- 
dad, and  at  present  the  people  manifest  a 
friendly  disposition  towards  us.  Of  course 
we  shall  not  be  able  to  take  all  the  home 
•comforts  we  have  in  Hamadan,  but  we  shall 
follow  good  examples  in  relinquishing  some 
of  these.  Paul  did  not  carry  his  about  with 
him,  and  I  daresay  it  was  suffering  from 
cold  that  made  him  beg  Timothy  to  bring 
his  "cloke."  We  can  do  without  most  of 
our  books,  pictures,  dishes,  and  lamps  for  a 
time. 

Kermanshah  is  five  days'  caravan  journey 
from  Hamadan.  Do  you  realize  what  get- 
ting ready  for  a  caravan  journey  means  ? 
Food  must  be  prepared  for  coming  days, 
beds  and  bedding,  medicines,  provision  for 
accidents  to  one's  self  or  one's  belong- 
ings, nails,  twir.e,  candles,  matches  and  a 
kitchen  outfit.  We  must  .set  up  house- 
keeping every  evening,  although  the  light 
of  the  next  day's  sun  will  look  in  on  Apart- 
ments to  Let, — for  before  the  East  grows 
white  we  shall 

"  Fold  our  tents,  like  the  Arabs, 
And  silently  steal  away." 

That  bag  of  straps  and  strings.  What 
should  we  have  done  without  it  one  morn- 
ing early,  when  Dick  kicked  over  the 
tongue  and  broke  it  into  three  pieces? 
Mrs.  Timorous  was  wondering  if  we  must 
drag  the  wagon  on  to  the  next  halting 
place,  when  Mr.  Ready-for-Emergencies 
said,  "  I  came  prepared  for  this  very 
thing,"  and,  addressing  him.self  to  the 
little  black  bag,  drew  therefrom  five  good 
straps,  with  which  he  bound  u\)  the  broken 
tongue  so  that  it  brought  us  through.  But 
we  knew  these  straps  would  vanish  were 


darkness  to  settle  down  on  them  in  the 
place  where  the  wagon  must  be  left,  so 
every  night  the  pole  was  unscrewed  and  put 
into  a  safe  place  near  our  room.  Each 
day's  journey  taxed  our  strength  to  the  ut- 
most, but  the  night's  sleep  refreshed  us, 
spite  of  fleas  and  sand  flies. 

Friday  found  us  in  a  village  called  Sahna. 
The  eye  revels  in  the  beauty  of  the  spread- 
ing walnut  trees  which  grow  luxuriantly  in 
the  gardens  here.  There  are  also  fruit  trees 
in  abundance,  the  usual  willows  and  pop- 
lars, a  grove  of  beautiful  elms,  and  syca- 
mores here  and  there.  This  wealth  of  foli- 
age is  accounted  for  by  the  position  of  the 
village,  sheltered  behind  a  hill  which  has  a 
fine  supply  of  springs. 

When  the  j  eople  came  to  take  away 
skins  and  jugs  of  the  clear  water  we  found 
opportunity  to  speak  of  Him  who  said,  "If 
any  man  thirst,  let  him  come  unto  me  and 
drink."  If  I  could  only  paint  for  you  the 
group  that  gathered  around  me  Sunday 
evening  as  I  .sat  on  the  low  wall  !  Little 
girls  with  soft,  pretty  faces,  young  women 
with  heavy  water-skins  to  carry  home,  older 
women,  loud-voiced  and  coarse  in  their 
talk,  and  one  plea.sant-faced  little  old  wo- 
man, gray-haired  and  blind.  She  had  her- 
self led  down  the  hill  and  through  the 
stream,  hoping  somebody  had  come  from 
the  great  imknown  world  outside  who  could 
give  back  her  lost  sight.  I  tried  to  tell  her 
of  Him  who  could  give  her  sight  of  Heaven, 
but  she  only  smiled  and  said,  "Yes,  oh 
yes ;  we  accept  Jesus  and  Moses  and  all  of 
the  prophets."  Not  a  woman  in  the  village 
could  read. 

Next  day  we  stopped  at  the  foot  of  the 
rock  which  has  the  world-famous  inscrip- 
tion of  Behistun.  For  2,400  years  the  work 
of  Darius,  standing  out  on  the  face  of  the 


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5FT  » 


ONE  OF  TWO  AHtHES  AT  TAGH-I-DOSTAN  (AKCH  OF  THE  GAR- 
DEN). EQUESTRIAN  FIGURE  OF  CHOSROE  II.  IN  LOWER 
SPACE.  WINGED  VICTORY  IN  THE  SPANDREL.  CUNEIFORM 
INSCRIPTION  ON  OUR  RIGHT.      [fROM  A  PHOTOGRAPH.] 


rugged  cliff,  has  kept  watch  over  the  crystal 
spring  which  flows  from  under  the  rock. 
Next  morning  we  set  out  before  dawn,  the 
great  dark  mass  of  rock  looming  large  in 
the  starlight,  and  Orion  marching  proudly 
through  the  heavens.  A  man  on  horseback 
l^receded  us,  carrying  a  lantern  to  show  the 
caravan  road  through  the  wide  plain.  We 
met  donkey  loads  of  charcoal,  and  presently 
the  sun  rose  and  we  sped  along  through  low 
ground,  where  Eliauts  had  pitched  their 
tents  and  were  feeding  their  flocks. 

The  last  time  we  visited  Kermanshah,  in 
1888,  we  were  met  about  five  miles  out  by 
a  son  of  the  Vakeel-i-Dowlah  in  an  English 
carriage  with  outriders.  Now  he  is  in  Lon- 
don pursuing  his  studies,  and  his  older 
brother  holds  the  place  and  title  of  the  tall, 
dignified,  handsome  father  in  Arab  garb 


who  entertained  us  on  the  former  visit.  He 
died  a  few  months  ago,  and  his  body,  tem- 
porarily interred,  waits  for  the  return  of  his 
younger  son  before  it  .shall  be  sent  to  repose 
in  the  sacred  dust  of  Kerbela.  Although 
we  arrived  unannounced,  no  sooner  did  the 
Vakeel-i-Dowlah  learn  of  our  presence  in 
town  than  he  insisted  on  our  leaving  the 
place  where  we  had  settled  down  and  tak- 
ing a  house  and  yard  he  placed  at  our  dis- 
posal. He  acted  most  kindly  toward  us, 
inviting  us  to  dinner,  sending  presents  of 
food  and  fruit,  and  taking  us  out  to  Tagh-i- 
Bostan,  which  bit  of  ancient  history,  with 
its  memories  of  Shapur  and  Chosroe,  the 
former  Vakeel-i-Dowlah  purchased. 

Dr.  Holmes  has  a  friendship  of  years' 
standing  with  the  Governor,  one  of  the 
most  able  men  in  the  kingdom,  and  by 
virtue  of  that  I  was  invited  into  the  an- 
deroon  to  meet  the  daughters  of  His  Excel- 
lency. It  was  very  oriental  walking  through 
the  streets  to  the  Government  Hou.se  ;  two 
solemn  servants  preceded  me,  a  maid,  bor- 
rowed for  the  occasion,  and  a  servant  fol- 
lowed. The  ladies  were  very  gracious,  and 
the  younger  one  extremely  pretty.  Every- 
thing was  dainty  and  attractive,  and  in  the 
conversation  there  was  none  of  the  unutter- 
able coarseness  which  is  such  a  trial.  Yet, 
withal,  the  older  sister  told  me  that  her 
husband  had  beaten  her  on  the  head,  and 
said,  "  You  do  not  have  that  in  your  coun- 
try." I  get  universal  assent  to  the  superi- 
ority of  the  teachings  of  our  Book  on  the 
subject  of  woman  and  marriage  ;  but  never 
since  coming  to  Persia  have  I  heard  a 
woman  speak  so  plainly  as  a  beautiful  lady 
whom  I  met  here.  She  having  no  children, 
her  husband  had  taken  other  wives,  and  she 
is  very  sad.  She  said,  "  Your  Prophet  did 
well  for  your  women  ;  ours  did  not.  I  shall 
have  words  with  our  prophet  when  I  see  him 
in  the  other  world  for  his  giving  men  per- 
mission to  have  a  plurality  of  wives."  I 
saw  that  she  still  has  a  Testament  I  gave 
her  five  years  ago.  It  is  put  up  with  her 
French  clock  and  bric-a-brac,  kept,  I  am 
afraid,  for  show,  not  for  use. 

But  it  is  the  Word  of  God,  the  sword  of 
the  Spirit,  and  you  and  I  cannot  tell  how 
or  when  He  will  use  it. 

I  fancy  we  shall  often  feel  as  lonely  at 
Kermanshah  this  winter  as  the  stork  looked 
which  I  saw  standing  in  melancholy  fashion 
in  the  bed  of  the  river  the  day  we  drove  in. 
But  it  will  be  pushing  the  outposts  a  little 
farther  in  the  name  of  our  Leader,  and  there 


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is  inspiration  in  that  thought.  Darius  has 
written  at  Behistun :  "  I  am  Darius  the 
King,  king  of  kings,  king  of  Persia,  the 
great  king  of  the  Provinces,  the  son  of 
Hystaspes."  But  there  is  another,  whose 
name  is  written  "  King  of  Kings  and  Lord 


of  Lords,"  and  He  is  the  Son  of  God- 
"  His  dominion  is  an  everlasting  dominion, 
which  shall  not  pass  away,  and  His 
kingdom  that  which  shall  not  be  de- 
stroyed." 

Belle  S.  Hawkes. 


DEDICATION  OF  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  MISSION  HOUSE. 


October  23d  was  a  "red  letter"  day  for 
the  Occidental  Board.  The  new  Mission 
House  was  dedicated  to  God  by  Synod,  free 
of  debt,  the  venerable  Dr.  Burroughs  of  the 
city  giving  the  last  hundred  dollars  before 
the  service  began. 

A  truly  oriental  scene  was  presented  from 
early  morning  till  the  hour  of  service,  2.30, 
as  a  stream  of  Chinese  girls  from  old  "  933" 
continually  passed  across  the  street  to  new 
"920,"  bearing  brooms,  chairs,  flowers 
and  vases,  with  which  to  arrange  and 
beautify  their  new  home. 

The  cheerful,  spacious  assembly  room, 
where  services  were  held,  has  been  furnished 
by  the  "I.  H.  N."  Society  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  upon  the  walls  was  hung  a  beau- 
tifully carved  motto,  in  California  wood, 
"In  His  Name  shall  the  Gentiles  trust," 
the  loving  work  of  Miss  Jessie  Ames  in 
memory  of  her  father. 

Upon  the  platform  was  our  loved  Presi- 
dent, Mrs.  P.  D.  Browne  ;  at  her  side  the 
Chinese  Consul-General  and  suite,  arrayed 
in  gorgeous  silk  robes,  touched  elbows 
with  members  of  Synod.  Christian  clergy- 
men, consecrated  women  and  heathen  dig- 


nitaries met  on  a  common  ground  of 
sympathy,  in  behalf  of  helpless  Chinese 
womanhood. 

In  a  brief  speech,  accompanied  by  many 
polite  bows  and  smiles,  the  Consul-General 
thanked  the  friends  for  their  kind  efforts  in 
this  good  work,  and  wished  them  still 
greater  prosperity  for  the  future,  which 
pleasant  words  were  interpreted  by  his  in- 
telligent, bright-faced  secretary. 

The  babies  sang  "  Rejoice  in  the  Lord," 
the  little  girls  gave  verses  to  the  Consul  and 
others,  present  and  absent,  and  sang  hymns 
in  Chinese  and  English.  Though  absent  in 
body,  our  dear  Miss  Culbertson  was  present 
in  spirit  as  we  looked  at  the  results  of  her 
noble  work,  and  we  trust  she  will  speedily 
be  restored  to  health  and  strength. 

After  many  dangers  threatened  and  a 
hard  struggle,  brighter  times  are  dawning 
for  the  Occidental  Board,  and  a  spirit  of 
rejoicing  prevailed  from  the  dedicatory 
prayer  by  the  Moderator  of  Synod  to  the 
closing  prayer  by  Rev.  Ng  Poon  Chew, 
Miss  Baskin's  former  pupil  in  the  Occi- 
dental School. 

E.  K.  I. 


A  BRAVE  BRAZILIAN  WOMAN. 


"Why  don't  you  tell  the  story  about 
that  brave  woman  ?  "  quoth  my  sister,  who 
had  just  scanned  the  manuscript  that  is 
going  by  this  mail  to  Dr.  Dennis.  "  Be- 
cause I  have  reached  the  limit  of  two  thou- 
sand words,  and  space  in  T/ie  Church  is 
rigorously  limited." 

There  was  no  room  for  that  woman  in 
The  Church  at  Home  and  Abroad.  Where 
shall  she  go  ?  How  good  it  is  that  in  these 
modern  times  when  a  woman  is  crowded 
out  of  church  she  can  go  to  work  for  woman. 

For  a  week  of  years  this  woman  to  whom 
I  refer,  and  her  husband,  had  fed  upon  the 
Word  of  God.  But  I  had  never  heard  of 
Dona  Margarida  when  six  months  ago  I 
handed  the  names  of  half  a  dozen  men  to  a 
colporteur  of  the  American  Bible  Society, 


saying  :  "  Look  up  these  men,  whose  request 
to  see  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  in  their  re- 
gion is  of  long  standing." 

When  the  colporteur  lighted  down  from 
his  horse  at  the  farm  known  as  Fazenda 
Flores,  a  woman  said  :  "  Now  I  know  that 
God  hears  prayer,  for  he  has  brought  to 
our  door  a  brother  believer."  She  and  her 
husband,  with  an  aged  man  to  whom  they 
had  taught  the  way  of  the  Lord,  were  re- 
ceived to  profession  of  their  faith  in  March 
of  1893,  and,  with  her  seven  children,  were 
baptized.  They  saw  no  pastor  again  until 
June.  On  return  trip  from  Munda  Novo 
(see  Church  at  Hotne  and  Abroad')  I 
reached  Fazenda  Flores  (^Plantation  Flow- 
ers') on  the  eve  of  St.  John's  Day,  and 
there  learned  that  a  special  messenger  had 


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A  BRAVE  BRAZILIAN  WOMAN. 


[January, 


been  out  that  day  from  the  neighboring 
town  of  Orobo  Grande  to  persuade  them  to 
dissuade  me  from  going  into  the  town.  Our 
brother,  Captain  Raymundo,  replied  that  I 
would  probably  obey  the  Master,  who  said  : 
"  Go  ye  into  all  the  world,"  and  that  he 
was  ready  to  go  with  me. 

The  same  messenger  came  again  on  Sat- 
urday morning,  bearing  letters  from  the 
authorities  to  the  effect  that  armed  men  were 
in  possession  of  the  town,  and  they  were 
powerless  to  defend  us  against  these  "  de- 
fenders of  the  faith,"  who  had  come  on  the 
summons  of  the  Vicar  to  repel  the  man  who 
was  "  come  to  tear  down  the  cross,  break 
open  the  church,  and  profane  the  holy 
images."  He  was  told  to  return  to  the 
authorities  with  the  message  that  we  could 
not  desist  from  our  right  to  preach  the  Gos- 
pel in  Orobo  at  the  bidding  of  lawless  men. 
An  attempt  to  play  upon  our  fears  roused 
Dona  Margarida  to  say  to  the  messenger — 
the  public  school  teacher — that  "  not  only 
would  her  husband  accompany  the  pastor, 
but  she,  too,  would  go,  taking  with  her  all 
her  children,  that  if  one  died  all  would  die 
together."  Later  in  the  day  a  special 
courier  dropped  a  card  to  say  that  the 
authorities  could  do  nothing  and  begged  us 
to  "avoid  the  bloodshed  which  was  deter- 
mined upon."  Seeing  her  husband  waver- 
ing in  his  mind  at  the  prospect,  the  mother 
of  seven  little  Christians  affirmed  that  if 
the  pastor  did  not  at  this  time  preach 
the  Gospel  in  Orobo,  then  she  would  go 
with  her  boys  and  sing  it  in  the  public 
square ! 

Meantime  came  the  person  whose  hou.se 
had  been  offered  for  worship,  to  say  that 
the  Justice  of  Peace  had  forbidden  its  use 
for  that  purpose.  The  colporteur,  whom  I 
had  sent  into  the  town,  returned,  reporting 
that  his  books  had  been  snatched  away  by 
armed  men  (in  the  house  of  the  chief  au- 
thority of  the  place),  who  bade  him  be  glad 
to  escape  with  his  life.  He  replied  that  he 
had  learned  from  his  Book  not  to  be  afraid 
of  them  that  kill  the  body,  and  he  would  be 
back  with  his  pastor  on  the  next  day. 
•'  You  shall  die,  both  of  you,  at  the  bridge  " 
(a  stream  runs  at  the  foot  of  the  slope  on 
which  Orobo  lies),  was  their  ultimatum. 

Sabbath,  June  25,  dawned  peacefully. 
While  at  b  eakfast,  the  same  courier  who 
had  passed  on  Saturday  to  the  county  town, 
some  thirty  miles  distant,  returned,  having 
ridden  all  night,  and  handed  me  a  friendly 
letter  from  the  sheriff  assuring  me  of  his 


good  will  and  desire  to  protect  my  life,  but 
he  had  no  means  of  reaching  the  scene  of 
action  with  his  posse  in  time.  He  begged 
that  we  would  be  content  to  invite  the  peo- 
ple to  come  to  the  farm  for  preaching,  and 
avoid  a  public  meeting  in  the  town.  Ac- 
cepting this  as  good  counsel,  I  said  to  the 
colporteur  alone,  "  If  any  one  is  to  suffer  it 
should  not  be  the  family  whose  guests  we 
are.  Let  us  go  before  them  and  reach  the 
bridge  first."  We  walked  the  three  miles 
praying  and  praising,  and  passed  the  Rubi- 
con without  seeing  the  enemy.  Two 
friendly  men  appeared  first.  They  invited 
us  to  rest  in  their  house,  saying  that  the  most 
dangerous  characters  had  been  persuaded  to 
leave  town.  Soon  our  friends  from  the 
farm  overtook  us,  and  we  proceeded  with 
them  into  the  public  square,  amidst  groups 
of  men  armed  with  sticks  and  staves,  guns, 
pistols  and  knives,  to  the  house  of  the  chief 
authority.  He  was  trembling  with  fear  at 
the  frowns  of  men  who  had  crowded  in 
behind  us,  and  when  we  rose  to  go,  after 
we  had  first  sung  a  hymn  of  praise  to  Christ, 
he  said  to  me  :  "  My  advice  to  you  is  to 
leave  town  as  quietly  and  quickly  as  you 
can,  for  although  I  have  instructions  to 
defend  you,  I  have  no  power."  "Leave 
town  !  "  said  the  brave  little  woman  at  my 
side  ;  "Oh,  no  !  I  am  going  to  present  my 
pastor  to  my  friends.  Let  us  go,  Senhor 
Chamberlain."  So  saying,  she  led  the 
way,  through  lowering  faces  in  the  corridor 
and  groups  of  hesitating  men  on  the 
streets,  from  door  to  door,  inviting  the 
families  to  worship  with  us  at  the  farm.  In 
two  homes  we  were  asked  to  hold  worship ; 
which  we  did.  In  others  we  sang  some  of 
the  songs  of  Zion.  I  had  carried  a  rose 
from  the  farm,  which  a  group  of  children 
on  the  street  coveted.  I  agreed  to  leave  it 
in  their  hands,  but  we  first  sang  with  them  a 
translation  of  "  Come  to  the  Saviour  ;  make 
no  delay."  Soon  after  a  bouquet  was 
handed  by  a  friendly  woman  to  Dona  Mar- 
garida, who  at  once  distributed  to  each  of 
us  a  flower.  A  white  one  fell  to  my  lot, 
called  espera,  which  said  to  me  :  "  Wait  on 
the  Lord  and  be  of  good  courage."  When 
we  had  spent  three  hours  in  this  informal 
kind  of  worship,  we  left  by  the  road  we 
came.  We.  were  followed  by  so  many  that 
the  farmhouse  would  not  hold  the  numbers 
who  came  to  hear  the  Word  of  God  and  to 
witness  the  profession  of  another  brave 
young  woman.  Dona  America. 

Geo.  W.  Chamberlain. 


1894-] 


17 


THREE  INSTANCES  FROM  SYRIA. 


I. 

The  mission  preacher  at  Deir  Mimas  is 
very  earnest  and  has  been  most  succe.ssful. 
This  enraged  the  papal  bishop  and  he  got 
up  a  false  charge  against  him,  of  causing  the 
death  of  a  child.  The  testimony  of  the 
parents  to  the  contrary  did  not  avail  with  a 
court  that  had  "eaten  the  bishop's  money." 
The  case  was  appealed  to  Beirflt  more  than 
a  year  ago.  Court  said  there  was  no  case 
against  the  Protestant,  but  kept  the  preacher 
waiting  for  the  decision  till,  finally,  in  the 
spring,  he  went  off  with  the  promise  that 
"  to-morrow "  it  should  be  given.  "  To- 
morrow "  did  not  put  in  an  appearance. 
The  preacher  preached  and  scattered  gospel 
seed.  He  attended  Presbytery  at  Alma. 
Returning,  a  large  gang  of  robbers  sur- 
rounded him  and  his  fellow  traveler  and 
carried  off  his  hard  earned  salary,  just  re- 
ceived, and  all  their  belongings, — caps, 
shoes,  socks,  leaving  them  with  thin  sum- 
mer shirts  in  which  to  continue  their  jour- 
ney. Then  the  Beirut  court  sent  in  their 
judgment:  "Two  years'  imprisonment." 
Friends  of  the  preacher  appealed  to  the 
government  house.  "True,  it  is  a  false 
judgment,  easily  broken,  but  we  never  saw 
the  color  of  your  money ;  we  knew  this  de- 
cision would  make  you  show  up."  Such  is 
justice  in  this  land.  You  can  buy  it. 
II. 

A  singular  offer  was  made  to  one  of  our 
missionaries  the  other  day.  It  shows  how 
crass  the  ignorance  is  of  some  who  are  sup- 
posed to  know  us. 

Awhile  ago  a  counterfeiting  establishment 
was  broken  up  in  a  papal  convent.  The 
abbot  fled.  Twice  they  have  had  his 
funeral.  The  first  time  the  fraud  was  dis- 
covered. The  second  time  his  effigy  was 
buried.  The  abbot  is  in  Europe.  The 
counterfeiting  apparatus  was  mostly  captured 


by  government,  but  one  of  the  dies  for  mak- 
ing gold  Turkish  pounds  still  exists.  A  man 
approached  one  of  our  Zahleh  missionaries 
with  an  offer  to  bring  the  apparatus  to 
his  house  and,  under  protection  of  his 
roof,  to  coin  the  gold  and  share  with  him 
the  profits  ! 

III. 

When  Dr.  Harris  and  Mr.  Nelson  made 
their  late  tour  to  the  North,  they  stopped 
under  large  trees  near  a  certain  Moslem 
town.  The  doctor  took  one  tree,  Mr.  Nel- 
son and  the  helper  another.  The  latter 
began  to  read  the  Bible  aloud.  A  crowd 
gathered  and  were  saying  "Amen  "  to  all  he 
read.   "  What  book  is  it?  " 

"  The  Torat  and  Eiijeel.''  (Old  and  New 
Testament.) 

"We  never  heard  it  before.  Read  on. 
Whose  book  is  it  ?  " 

"It  is  God's  Word." 

"We  know  only  the  Koran  as  God's 
Word." 

"But  the  Koran  says  the  Bible  is  God's 
Word." 

"Well  then,  read  on." 

But  the  religious  sheikh  came  running  up 
and  calling  out,  "What  is  this?  Stop  1 
Stop  !  " 

"Why,  sir,  we  are  only  reading  from 
God's  Word." 

"  No,  you  are  liars.  Only  the  Koran  is 
God's  Word." 

"  Bring  a  Koran  and  we  will  show  you 
where  it  says  this  book  is  God's  Word." 

The  sheikh  ran  for  his  Koran,  stipulating 
that  the  reading  be  stopped  till  his  return. 
Then  chapter  and  verse  were  cited  and  read, 
and  the  victory  won  and  all  sat  listening  for 
the  first  time  to  God's  word  of  the  Old  and 
New  Testament.  Several  copies  were  sold 
and  the  people  had  new  food  for  thought. 

Samuel  Jessup. 


The  great  mosque  El  Amweh,  the  most 
revered  edifice  in  Damascus,  with  its  an- 
cient libraries,  was  laid  in  ashes,  October 
14.  It  stood  on  the  supposed  site  of  that 
House  of  Rimmon  where  Naaman  bowed 
with  his  master,  where,  afterwards,  was 
erected  the  immense  cathedral  which,  in 
turn,  became  a  mosque.  Over  the  doorway 
was  still  preserved  the  Greek  inscription 
"Thy  kingdom,  O  Christ,  is  an  everlasting 
kingdom  !  "  Telegrams  to  Europe  convey- 
ing intelligence  of  the  fire  were  forbidden 


by  Government,  and  .some  Moslems  are  now 
saying  it  is  a  judgment  from  God  for  allow- 
ing a  railroad  to  be  built  through  Damas- 
cus. The  fire  was  caused  by  carelessness  in 
repairing  the  roof,  and  left  standing  only 
walls  and  one  minaret. 

  ii 

The  Niger  Mission  (English),  which 
opened  so  hopefully  a  few  years  ago  under 
the  lamented  Wilmot  Brooke,  is  absolutely 
without  European  missionary,  the  last  mem- 
bers having  withdrawn  to  save  their  lives. 


[January, 


MEXICO. 

AN  ALPHABETICAL  BEGINNING. 

Mrs.  Campbell,  who  went  to  Mexico  a  few 
months  ago,  wrote  from  Zitacuaro,  November  22, 
1893: 

While  we  were  at  the  hotel  I  had  considerable  time 
at  my  disposal,  and  spent  some  of  it  in  visiting  fam- 
ilies whom  I  knew  to  be  members  of  our  Church, 
sometimes  coming  across  one  who  was  not.  I  took 
the  names  of  all  these,  and  found  out  if  the  children 
were  baptized.  These  names  are  all  in  my  book 
alphabetically.  Since  I  can  talk  in  Spanish  only 
brokenly,  I  would  read  a  passage  and  then  ask  them 
to  pray.  In  no  house  where  I  visited  thus  was  there 
a  floor  other  than  the  ground.  Their  beds  were 
boards  with  a  mat  on  them,  or  a  mat  on  the  floor. 
This  has  been  preliminary  work,  getting  acquainted 
with  members  of  the  Church.  I  was  interrupted  in  it 
by  moving  and  am  just  getting  into  it  again. 

NURSING,  SUNDAY-SCHOOL,  SEWING  SOCIETY. 

At  one  home  I  gave  a  daughter  some  medicine  from 
our  now  famous  homoeopathic  medicine  case,  and  it  is 
quite  amusing  to  see  the  different  cases  that  have  since 
come  to  be  cured.  One  man  had  a  growth  over  one 
of  his  eyes.  To-day  a  woman  came  who  can  hardly 
breathe  ;  I  looked  over  my  doctor  books,  and  finding 
what  I  thought  she  needed,  went  home  with  her  and 
administered  a  hot  foot-bath  ( I  always  prescribe  baths, 
if  nothing  more),  and  put  a  hot  poultice,  made  of  un- 
baked tortillas,  on  her  chest.  I  then  spread  out  her 
palm-leaf  mat  on  the  floor,  and  put  her  to  bed  under 
a  sheet  and  pair  of  blankets  which  I  had  brought  with 
me,  after  giving  her  a  little  medicine  and  leaving  her 
more.  The  woman  living  in  the  same  house  prayed 
for  her  recovery.  From  the  explicit  description  you 
can  imagine  about  what  we  are  doing  in  this  line. 

The  Sunday-school  consisted,  when  we  came  here> 
of  one  general  class  taught  by  the  pastor.  Few  chil- 
dren came,  and  those  that  did,  not  being  able  to 
understand,  could  do  little  more  than  play  or  sleep. 
Sunday  before  last  I  started  a  children's  class.  There 
were  eighteen  present,  and  last  Sabbath  twenty-eight. 
1  sent  to  Rev.  Mr.  Wright,  of  El  Paso,  Texas,  for 
some  Spanish  cards  for  each  Sunday,  but  have  not 
heard  from  them  yet.    We  are  planning  to  celebrate 


Christmas  with  a  tree,  and  Mr.  Campbell  vnll  give  a 
few  magic  lantern  pictures  of  the  early  life  of  Christ. 

The  notice  was  given  out  for  the  first  time  in  prayer- 
meeting,  this  afternoon,  of  a  sewing  society  of  the 
women  of  the  church,  in  which  we  shall  first  have  a 
meeting  for  worship  and  then  make  clothes  for  the 
children.  These  we  wish  to  sell,  but  so  cheaply  that 
even  the  poorest  can  buy.  If  they  do  not  pay  some- 
thing they  will  not  care  much  for  them.  I  hope  the 
parents  whose  children  go  half  clothed  will  avail 
themselves  of  this  opportunity.  My  plan  is  by  means 
of  this  to  give  employment  to  some  needy  persons.  I 
shall  set  them  to  work  on  bags  for  the  tree,  too.  We 
shall  have  one  person  read  to  us  while  we  sew.  They 
need  enlightenment  in  all  ways.  We  wish  each  to 
report  any  case  of  sickness  she  may  know  of,  and  then 
I  can  have  one  of  them  go  with  me  to  visit  such.  I 
long  in  some  of  these  visits  to  be  able  to  say  to  stricken 
ones,  as  did  the  apostles,  "  Jesus  Christ  hath  healed 
thee  ;  take  up  thy  bed  and  walk. ' ' 

The  women  here  think  I  am  very  strange,  there 
never  having  been  an  American  woman  here  before. 
They  come  up  and  feel  of  my  dress,  and  I  can  never 
go  to  the  plaza  or  market  but  there  is  a  group  of 
children  following  me.  Then  I  wish  I  had  some 
pretty  little  floral  Spanish  tracts  to  give  them. 

We  are  finding  many  friends  here  and  much  work, 
a  healthful  climate  and  pretty  country.  Now  that  we 
are  in  a  home  we  find  great  pleasure  in  our  work. 

INDIA. 

MissOrbison  wrote  from  Saharanpur,  September 
28,  1893  : 

This  seems  to  be  a  year  of  plenty,  at  least  about 
here.  A  man  paid  ten  rupees  for  our  guavas  early  in 
the  season,  and  he  set  up  his  thatch  under  the  trees 
and  took  up  his  abode  to  watch  them  night  and  day, 
and  set  his  children  about  the  place  to  drive  oft 
poachers  and  chase  away  the  crows.  But  it  has 
turned  out  that  guavas  are  so  plenty  they  sell  for  a  song. 
The  most  expensive  are  about  twenty  for  a  J>ice. 
NATURE  AND  ART. 

The  country  looked  beautifully  green  as  we  came 

riding  down  from  the  Hills  two  weeks  ago.    D  is 

said  to  look  like  an  overgrown  churchyard,  but  this 
year  it  was  beautiful  with  its  variety  of  feathery  wild 


1894] 


LETTERS. 


19 


grasses  in  the  fields  and  the  tall  bamboo  clumps. 
About  here  we  have  more  singing  birds  than  I  have 
heard  anywhere  in  India.  Storks  and  water  birds, 
too,  and,  pigeons  and  doves. 

It  seemed  as  if  we  could  not  get  beyond  the  reach 
of  civilization  this  summer.  On  a  lonely  Himalaya 
road  we  would  find  a  bit  of  advertisement  of  the  great 
clothing  store  in  Calcutta,  or  we  met  a  boy  completely 
dressed  in  a  lady's  cast-off  basque,  with  darts,  seams 
and  shining  ;  in  some  mountain  village  we  would  see 
a  house  built  entirely  of  empty  kerosene  boxes  marked 
"  New  York  "  or  "  Russia,"  the  inside  tin  making  the 
roof. 

PEGGING  AWAY. 

I  wish  I  had  a  photograph  of  the  road  to  one  of 
our  girls'  schools,  where  there  is  an  arch  over  the  city 
street,  where  an  elephant  is  kept.  It  stands  across 
the  street  whisking  its  trunk,  the  driver  dozing  full 
length  on  its  back.  We  are  having  our  own  times 
with  this  new  school.  Like  most  things  in  their  be- 
ginnings here,  it  is  getting  along  slowly.  But  we 
think  of  Columbus  and  other  far-sighted  heroes,  and 
are  pegging  away.  We  have  everything  to  make  it  a 
success — a  bright  Bengali  girl,  the  daughter  of  the 
leading  elder  in  our  church,  to  teach  it ;  a  delightful 
school-room  in  the  upper  verandah  of  a  house  in  the 
center  of  the  city,  overlooking  the  cool  courtyard  with 
well ;  a  good  caller  to  bring  the  girls  and  take  them 
home  ;  and  embroidery  and  sewing,  as  well  as  books, 
for  the  girls  to  learn.    Its  being  new  is  against  it. 

Our  work  is  a  different  thing  and  life  is  a  different 
thing  since  we  have  our  assistants.  Misses  Goddard 
and  Moses,  from  the  Dehra  Training  School. 

Mrs.  Abbie  M.  Stebbins  wrote  en  route  from 
Mediterranean  Sea,  off  Sicily,  November  4,  1893  : 

As  we  can  post  letters  at  Brindisi  to-morrow,  I  will 
let  you  know  of  our  safe  and  pleasant  journey  thus  far. 
Just  three  weeks  to-day  since  we  sailed  from  New 
York.  Our  party  was  divided,  and  we  are  six — Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Walter  J.  Clark,  Messrs.  Simondson  (from 
McCormick),  Meek  and  Martin  (from  Princeton). 
All  but  Mr.  Simondson  are  for  North  India.  We  met 
Mrs.  Nevwton  and  daughters  at  London.  They  go 
overland  to  Marseilles  and  are  due  at  Bombay  one 
day  later  than  we,  about  November  21.  Our  steamer, 
"Victoria,"  is  bound  for  Sydney,  and  we  change  at 
Aden.  After  leaving  New  York  we  found  we  had 
another  missionary  party  on  board.  Rev.  and  Mrs. 
Lytle  and  nine-year-old  daughter,  and  two  young 
ladies  going  to  North  India  under  United  Presby- 
terian Board.  When  we  parted  at  London  (for  they 
went  overland)  we  felt  we  left  our  own. 

There  are  about  twenty  missionaries  with  us  on  the 
"Victoria,"  some  from  the  London  Congregational 
Society,  for  China  and  Japan,  some  of  the  China  Inland 
people.  We  have  enjoyed  English  prayer  service 
together  in  the  morning,  and  Bible  reading  in  the 


afternoon.  Captain  allowed  one  secluded  end  of  the 
deck  for  this,  saying  he  "didn't  see,  anyway,  how 
we  could  get  any  enjoyment  out  of  reading  the  Bible 
and  singing  psalms. ' '  But  best  of  all  are  our  own  little 
prayer-meetings,  the  six  of  us,  in  the  evenings,  where 
together  we  have  told  the  Lord  our  weakness,  asking 
for  His  strength.  All  our  farewell  meetings  (and  we 
had  a  precious  one  in  New  York)  and  the  letters fi^om 
India,  all  urge  that  we  go  with  the  Holy  Spirit  and 
power  to  our  fields.  And,  God  helping  us,  we  will 
claim  His  promise.  We  feel  like  Jacob  when  he  said, 
"  I  cannot  let  Thee  go  except  Thou  bless  me,"  and 
we  know  that  you  are  asking  the  same  for  us.  Ask 
on,  dear  friends.  Of  sight-seeing  in  England,  ofl 
Gibraltar  and  at  Malta  we  have  enjoyed  much,  mixed, 
of  course,  with  some  alloy,  attendant  upon  sea  voyage. 

PERSIA. 

Dr.  Jessie  Wilson  wrote  from  Hamadan,  Sep- 
tember 9,  1893  : 

Saturday  night,  and  I  wish  you  had  been  with  us 
this  entire  week.  Your  heart  would  have  been  alter- 
nately made  sad  and  glad,  and  you  would  have  praised 
God  for  the  opportunity  of  working  for  His  dear  Son. 
I  am  a  regular  Persian  ;  I  can  sit  on  the  floor,  I  can 
eat  everything  they  present  to  me  if  only  I  can  tell 
them  of  Christ.  One  house  I  visited  was  a  Muj- 
tahid's.  The  lady  was  very  nice,  and  there  was  an 
old  Seyyid  in  the  room.  I  invited  him  to  take  his 
"honoring"  out  of  the  room  until  I  questioned  my 
patient.  I  read  to  her  from  the  third  chapter  of  John, 
and  explained  it.  Afterward  the  old  Seyyid  came  in. 
The  book  was  on  the  floor,  so  he  asked  what  it  was. 
I  told  him,  and  said  "If  you  will  permit  I  will 
read  a  little  for  you. ' '  I  read  the  twelfth  chapter  of 
Romans.  He  became  so  interested  that  he  bent  over 
and  listened.  I  left  there  and  went  to  another  house 
where  were  about  twenty  Mussulman  women.  So  it 
was  all  the  week — opportimity  after  opportunity. 

We  have  a  Mussulman  boy  studying  medicine,  and 
imagine  my  amusement  when  he  told  me  that  at  the 
house  where  I  had  such  a  nice  conversation  with  the 
Seyyid,  the  chief  Mujtahid  was  concealed  in  the  next 
room  and  heard  everything  I  said.  He  told  the 
medical  student  that  I  had  come  there  and  tried  to 
make  them  Christians  all  in  a  minute.  I  said  I  cer- 
tainly improved  the  opportimity,  and  if  I  go  into  their 
homes  to  relieve  their  ills  they  may  expect  that  I  will 
take  my  Bible  and  my  message  along. 

One  afternoon  I  visited  a  summer  garden,  and  there 
were  about  twenty  Moslem  women  there.  I  read  to 
them  the  fifth  chapter  of  Ephesians,  and  when  I  came 
to  the  part  about  loving  their  husbands  they  said 
' '  How  shall  we  love  this  kind  of  men  ? "  \ 
thought  so  myself,  but  did  not  say  so,  and  told  them 
how  to  make  better  men  of  them.  One  woman  who 
was  very  ill,  also  a  Moslem,  gave  me  an  oppor- 
tunity of  showing  kindness  to  her,  and  reading  the 


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LETTERS. 


[January, 


Word  not  only  to  her,  but  to  the  whole  roomful  of 
women.  Each  day  as  I  go  they  say  "  Have  you  time  to 
read  the  Book  ?  "  I  have  never  had  such  opportunities 
as  this  week  since  I  came  to  Persia.  When  I  get  my  dis- 
pensary finished  I  shall  have  a  place  to  see  the  women, 
which  I  have  been  longing  for  ever  since  I  arrived. 

CHINA. 

Mrs.  Drummond  wrote  from  Nanking,  September 
26,  1893  : 

Our  small  girls  in  the  school  came  almost  in  a  body 
and  applied  for  baptism,  and  though  but  one  was 
accepted  we  know  these  little  ones  are  striving  to  be 
Jesus'  little  disciples.  In  the  lives  of  the  women  the 
Word  is  bearing  fruit,  and  I  have  seen  three  at  least 
who  illustrated  love,  long  suffering,  faith,  patience. 
They  have  a  desire  to  consecrate  their  lives  entirely  to 
God's  service.  One  of  these  is  our  faithful  Bible 
woman.  In  spite  of  opposition  and  abuse  outside,  and 
the  being  "only  one,"  she  has  visited  and  preached 
in  the  homes.  Miss  Lattimore  and  myself  accom- 
panied her  on  a  trip  to  her  country  home  last  fall,  and 
we  saw  her  talk  and  plead  with  the  women  there 
until  the  perspiration  stood  in  great  beads  on  her  face. 
(At  the  same  time  I  wore  a  heavy  winter  coat).  And 
so  with  many  more  of  the  women. 

At  least  half  our  Chinese  friends  are  down  sick. 
The  principal  troubles  are  malarial  fever  and  dysentery. 
Miss  Lattimore  and  I  are  so  glad  we  are  strong  just 
now  and  able  to  go  on  with  our  work. 

Dr.  Anna  Larsen  wrote  from  Ichowfu,  August 
22,  1893  : 

The  chief  object  of  my  medical  labors  will  be  to 
bring  souls  to  Christ,  the  object  of  all  missionary 
work  in  China  and  elsewhere. 

I  am  not  able  to  practice  yet,  my  time  being  spent 
in  study  of  the  language.  Dr.  Johnson,  who  has 
been  here  nearly  three  years,  has  the  dispensary  open 
every  day  except  Sunday,  and  sometimes  he  is  called 
in  to  some  family,  but  not  very  often.  We  have  no 
woman's  consulting-room  yet,  but  as  soon  as  some 
repairs  are  finished  the  present  women's  room  of  the 
chapel  will  be  turned  into  a  dispensary. 

It  seems  as  quiet  here  now  as  before  the  riot.  In 
fact,  the  women  have  been  attending  church  and 
prayer-meeting  in  greater  numbers  than  before. 
AFRICA. 

[Having  visited  the  stations  of  Bata  and  Gaboon, 
the  three  ladies,  Mrs.  Reutlinger,  Mrs.  De  Heer  and 
Miss  Christensen,  on  August  22,  boarded  the  Ger- 
man steamer  for  the  return  trip,  but  first  had  to  go  as 
far  South  as  Cape  Lopez  to  discharge  freight]. 

Miss  Christensen  wrote  from  Benito  September 
15  and  25  : 

As  we  went  further  South  it  became  cooler  each 
day,  and  I  think  it  must  be  healthy  down  there.  The 
sameness  of  this  coast  makes  the  journey  rather  mo- 
notonous.  Here  and  there  where  the  steamer  calls,  we 


see  a  few  trading  houses.  The  people  have  very 
little  ambition,  except  when  they  roll  rum  barrels  and 
the  like  to  the  factories  ;  such  an  amount  of  it  went  on 
shore  at  the  different  places.  The  Roman  Catholics 
have  fine  looking  stations  at  Majumba  and  Loango. 
They  always  like  to  be  where  there  are  plenty  of 
traders  ;  you  hardly  ever  see  them  in  a  lonely  place. 
At  Loango  there  are  fine  government  buildings.  In 
speaking  with  some  of  the  traders  regarding  the  wor'^ 
in  the  interior,  they  replied,  "  Yes,  it  makes  away 
for  us,  and  we  intend  to  follow  right  on." 

At  Bata  we  took  our  new  "Willie"  for  Benito, 
and  everybody  seemed  glad  to  have  us  back  again, 
and  while  we  enjoyed  the  trip  and  the  visit  with  the 
missionaries,  we  are  glad  to  be  home  ;  yes,  glad  in- 
deed, and  we  hope  the  Lord  will  permit  us  to  stay 
here  a  long  time.  The  old  bamboo  house,  containing 
prayer-room,  store-room,  and  two  others,  is  to-day 
pulled  down,  and  we  are  not  sorry.  The  native  car- 
penter is  here,  and  as  soon  as  the  foundation  is  laid 
he  will  begin  the  girls'  house.  It  is  almost  too  good 
to  be  true. 

We  shall  be  grateful  for  even  the  smallest  amount 
the  Christian  Endeavor  Societies  may  send  us.  We 
need,  or  would  like  to  have,  for  our  new  school-room 
a  globe,  some  maps  and  a  clock.  If  they  like  to  get 
maps,  one  of  Africa  is  most  desirable,  and  after  that 
one  of  France,  in  French,  if  obtainable  in  America, 
or  one  of  Palestine. 

A  WORD  TO  THE  DOCTORS. 

October  2. — This  morning  some  women  asked  me 
if  I  would  go  to  see  a  sick  man  who  came  down  from 
Bata  yesterday  in  a  canoe,  and  who  was  unable  to 
walk  here.  When  I  hesitated  a  little  (it  is  not 
always  easy  to  spare  an  hour  or  more,  with  so  many 
girls  to  look  after),  two  poor  old  women  volunteered 
to  carry  him  over  to  me,  but  I  thought  they  had  quite 
enough  trouble  with  their  own  broken-down  bodies, 
and  so  I  told  them  I  would  go  as  soon  as  the  tide  was 
good.  I  found  the  man  very  sick,  and  it  was  not  an 
easy  matter  to  handle  such  terrible  sores  as  his  ;  but 
some  one  must  do  it.  He  is  not  a  Christian.  He  has 
been  the  head  trader  for  one  of  the  firms  at  Bata,  and 
I  hope  we  may  be  able  to  bring  him  into  the  right 
way.  A  woman  whom  I  treated  a  year  ago  was  here 
at  the  last  Communion,  and  it  was  a  pleasure  to  see 
her  bright,  happy  face.  One  of  our  Bible  readers  has 
been  instructing  her,  and  she  at  the  same  time  is  try- 
ing to  lead  her  old  mother  to  the  foot  of  the  Cross. 
One  of  my  other  sick  ones  is  a  Christian,  and  very 
patient.  Many  suffering  ones  have  to  be  sent  away 
with  these  words,  "We  can  do  nothing  for  you." 
Where  are  the  doctors,  men  and  women,  of  the 
various  medical  colleges  ?  Trying  to  get  a  few  cases 
at  home  where  dozens  are  ready  to  take  them  up  ? 
Africa  may  not  have  a  great  name  to  offer  their  am- 
bition, but  they  might  receive  many  a  grateful  "  thank 
you ' '  from  a  radiant  face. 


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PROGRAMME  FOR  FEBRUARY  MEETING.— "  IN  CHRIST'S  STEAD" 

IN  CHINA. 

Keynote  Text. — As  my  Father  hath  sent  me,  even  so  send  I  you.    John  20  :  21.    (Note  I. ) 
Hymn. — "  Go  labor  on." 

Prayer. — For  nearness,  likeness  and  obedience  to  Christ. 
Bible  Reading. — Theme  "I  send  you." 

(fl).— The  Power  of  Him  Who  Sends.    Dan.  7  : 14.    Luke  i  :  32,  33.    John  3  :  35.  Phil. 

2  :  9-1 1.     I  Peter  3  :  22. 
(;^).— His  Commission.    Mark  3  :  14-15.    Mark  16  :  15.    Matt.  28  : 19. 
).— His  Prayer  for  Those  Whom  He  Sends.    John  17  : 11,  18-23. 
— His  Promise.    Matt.  28  :  20  (last  clause). 
Hymn. — "Go  preach  My  gospel." 
"  In  Christ's  Stead  "  as  Preachers.    (Single  voice  read  Luke  4  : 43- )    (Note  2. ) 

Annual  Report  of  Board  of  Foi-ei^n  Missions.   File  IVoman's  Work  for  Woman,  Church  at  Home  and  Abroadt 

June,  '93,  p.  431  ;  July,  '93,  p.  59.    Children's  Work  for  Children,  Feb.,  '93,  p.  29.    (Note  3.) 
"In  Christ's  Stead"  Among  the  Ch.ldren.    (Read  Mark  10:14.)    W.  W.  W.,  Feb.,  '93,  pp.  34  & 

37  ;  Sept.,  '93,  p.  253  ;  tiles  C.  W.  C,  Feb.  numbers.     (Note  4.) 
"In  Christ's  Stead"  on  China's  Highways  and  Waterways.    (Acts  10:38).     W.  W.  W^,  Aug., 

'92.     Ch.  H.       A.,  Feb.,  '93,  pp.  144  &  102  ;  Aug.,  '93,  p.  II3.     (Note  5.) 
"  In  Christ's  Stead  "  Among  the  Sick.    (Matt.  11:5.)    Ch.  H.      A.,  March,  '93,  p.  226 ;  Feb.,  '93, 

p.  149;  July,  '93,  p.  58.    W.  W.  W.,  May,  '92,  p.  133;  April,  '93,  p.  90;  July,  '93,  p.  193. 

(Note  6.) 

Closing  Prayer. — That  the  Lord  will  place  "God's  men  (and"  women)  in  God's 
place,  doing  God's  work  in  God's  way." 

(Notes.)    I.    Print  clearly  and  put  in  conspicuous  place  in  the  meeting  room. 

2.  Have  map  previously  prepared  (by  a  school  boy  or  girl  if  possible).   Place  white  crosses  at  the 

points  where  our  own  missionaries  ' '  preach  the  kingdom ' '  in  China. 

3.  Can  be  obtained  from  any  Presbyterian  Pastor. 

4.  Place  white  stars  on  map  to  mark  schools  (see  Board's  Reports). 

5.  For  children  (and  even  for  their  elders)  cut  out  small  pictures  of  wheelbarrows,  shenzas,  junks, 

sampans,  etc.,  and  place  each  conveyance  on  map,  in  section  where  most  used  by  our  mis- 
sionaries. 

6.  Place  red  crosses  where  hospitals  have  been  established.    Though  references  have  been  given 

as  mere  suggestions,  it  is  impossible  to  say  how  much  interest  will  be  added  to  the  meeting  if 
under  each  head  additional  items  are  discovered  by  original  research.    Let  all  facts  be  stated 
briefly  and  simply,  "as  friend  talketh  with  friend." 
Eagleville,  Pa.  Mary  Lombard  Brodhead. 

MISSIONARY  TRAINING  IN  THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 


To  a  very  large  degree  the  study  of  mis- 
sions, their  needs  and  accomplishments,  are 
an  elective  among  the  children  in  our  Sun- 
day-schools. Not  elective  from  their  stand- 
point either,  for  they  are  obliged  to  depend 
wholly  upon  the  opportunities  we  give  them. 
The  curriculum  of  study  for  a  Sunday-school 
scholar  is  apt  to  be  bounded,  north,  south, 
east  and  west,  by  explanation  of  the  lesson 
for  the  day,  memorizing  the  Golden  Text, 
and  occasionally  a  temperance  lesson  ;  but 
regular,  systematic,  year-by-year  training 
in  missionary  work,  with  all  that  an  intelli- 


gent interest  in  it  implies  of  information 
and  study,  is  fully  as  important,  especially 
for  boys,  as  the  study  of  geography  or  his- 
tory in  day-school.  Nay,  more  important, 
for  if  these  studies  have  been  neglected  in 
their  youth,  and  they  find  when  they  grow 
older  that  they  would  prove  of  practical 
benefit  to  them,  they  could  more  easily 
supply  early  deficiencies  and  would  have  a 
better  chance  of  overtaking  such  knowledge 
than  they  will  have  of  making  up  a  lack  of 
missionary  knowledge.  One  hundred  years 
of  exploration  may  change  our  maps  and 


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geographies  very  considerably,  and  materi- 
ally extend  the  history  of  the  world's  events, 
but  these  changes  are  as  nothing  compared 
to  the  widening  of  the  boundaries  of  the 
Christian  world  by  our  missionaries.  To  a 
large  extent  missionary  work  is  making  cur- 
rent history,  and,  as  a  matter  of  education, 
we  do  children  an  injustice  when  we  leave 
them  unacquainted  with  it,  or  give  them 
the  facts  which  are  as  thrillingly  interest- 
ing as  any  book  of  adventures,  in  so  dry 
and  lifeless  a  way  that  they  are  only  a  mass 
of  information,  without  form,  and  void  to 
the  childish  mind  of  any  definite  meaning. 
It  is  not  strange  that  it  is  the  minority  of 
Christian  workers  who  are  interested  in 
missions.  The  only  legitimate  occasion  of 
wonder  is  that  any  are  interested  in  a  cause 
which  is  left  so  almost  entirely  to  impulse, 
or  to  a  yearly  reminder  of  its  needs.  What 
we  want  is  systematic  training  of  our  chil- 
dren to  intelligent  interest  in  missionary 
work,  keeping  step  with  it  as  it  advances. 
Especially  do  the  boys  need  this  training, 
for  it  is  too  well  assured  a  fact  that,  although 
the  missions  are  reinforced  by  consecrated 
men  and  the  treasury  is  swelled  by  their 
large  gifts,  yet  the  weight  of  intelligence  on 
the  subject  and  larger  number  of  givers  are 
with  the  women,  and  the  home  side  of  the 
work  is  too  largely  carried  on  by  them. 

This  ought  not  to  be.  It  is  of  supreme 
importance  to  men  how  far  Christianity 
and  its  twin,  civilization,  are  advancing, 
both  in  our  own  country  and  across  the 
seas.  Missionary  work  increases  our  own 
possibilities  in  every  direction  and  extends 
not  only  the  Christian  world,  but  the  world 
of  humanity.  It  ought  not  to  be  merely  a 
church  or  denominational  matter,  but  of 
vital  interest  to  any  one  who  wishes  to  see 
his  fellow  beings,  of  any  race  or  color,  rise 
in  the  scale  of  humanity.  The  ideal  is  that 
men  should  be  posted  in  missions  just  as 
upon  other  matters  of  public  interest ;  should 
know  every  step  taken  along  the  front, 
every  point  gained,  and  ju.st  where  to  give, 
with  intelligent  knowledge  of  the  need  of 
the  gift.  This  is  not  a  work  to  be  left  to 
women.  It  needs  the  enterprise,  the  wis- 
dom, the  energy  of  our  business  men. 
Practically  we  cannot  have  such  men  unless 
we  begin  with  the  boys.  It  should  be  a 
part  of  the  Sunday-.school  plan  to  make  full 
provision  for  training  the  children  in  mis- 
sionary work.  Beginning  with  the  young- 
est scholars,  teaching  adapted  to  their  ages 
should  be  given,  and  they  should  have  the 


pleasure  of  feeling  that  they  are  enlisted  in 
the  great  army  of  workers.  There  will  be 
no  falling  off  of  interest  as  they  grow  older ; 
it  will  only  deepen,  and  they  will  enjoy  the 
work,  as  many  of  us  sometimes  fail  to  enjoy 
it,  for  lack  of  time. 

"  I  had  the  privilege  of  being  associated 
for  some  years  with  a  circle  of  boys  as  their 
Mission  Band  leader,"  writes  a  friend, 
"and  my  experience  convinced  me  that  we 
leave  our  best  material  unused  when  we 
leave  the  boys  out  of  missionary  work. 
Their  gifts,  intrinsically,  may  be  of  no  more 
value  than  the  gift  of  the  little  Jewish  lad 
who  brought  his  fishes  and  barley  loaves  to 
the  Master,  but  who  shall  say  that  they  will 
not  be  multiplied  now,  as  then  ?  They 
bring  other  gifts  besides — splendid  enthusi- 
asm, energy,  whole-souled  devotion  that 
makes  it  a  perfect  delight  to  work  with 
them.  These  boys  of  whom  I  speak  were 
little  fellows  in  knickerbockers  when  we 
organized  our  Band.  The  enthusiasm  with 
which  they  came  to  the  first  meeting  never 
forsook  them ;  rain  or  shine,  there  they 
were,  brimming  over  with  energy,  ready 
for  any  work  put  before  them.  Five  years 
brought  them  to  the  stature  of  men,  but 
their  boyish  love  for  their  band  meetings 
only  deepened  as  they  grew  older.  Some- 
times in  the  fishing  season  the  hours  for 
the  meeting  had  to  be  altered  to  suit  the 
young  fishermen,  and  the  tides  had  to  be 
consulted ;  but  still  they  came,  in  their 
flapping  oilskins  it  might  be,  ready  to  go 
out  in  their  boats  the  moment  they  left  the 
meeting,  with  their  interest  in  nowise  dis- 
tracted. In  the  ten  minutes  prayer-meeting 
for  the  country  under  consideration  at  each 
special  meeting,  their  prayers  showed  a 
thoughtfulness  and  intelligent  comprehen- 
sion of  the  needs  of  mission  work  and  the 
difficulties  in  the  way  of  the  missionaries, 
that  one  who  did  not  know  boys  would 
hardly  have  expected  from  them.  It  seems 
to  me  that  it  is  only  fair  to  say  it  was  a 
matter  of  course  that  these  boys,  who  were 
so  in  earnest  for  the  souls  of  others,  should 
become,  in  consequence,  Christians  them- 
selves. From  the  meeting  when  one  of  the 
boys  half  shyly  prayed  :  "And  grant.  Lord, 
that  while  we  are  trying  to  make  Christians 
of  the  heathen,  we  don't  any  of  us  get  left 
ourselves,"  it  was  not  very  long  before  the 
last  one  of  the  Band  had  united  with  the 
Church,  and  become  the  reliance  of  prayer- 
meeting  and  helper  of  the  pastor  in  every 
good  work." 


i894-]  COME  HOLY  SPIRIT.— SUGGESTION  CORNER. 


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There  is  no  training  for  general  usefulness 
better  than  training  in  missionary  work, 
though  this  is  a  selfish  plea  to  urge.  As 
either  a  teacher  or  band  leader  is  handi- 
capped by  the  necessity  of  trying  to  teach 
children  of  different  ages  and  capacities  at 
once,  there  should  be  bands  enough  con- 
nected with  the  Sunday-school  to  permit 
children  of  different  ages  to  work  together, 
and  a  missionary  rally  should  bring  them  all 
together  now  and  then,  to  compare  progress 
and  rouse  enthusiasm.  It  ought  not  to  be 
hard  to  find  band  leaders,  for  it  is  a  privi- 
lege to  have  a  share  in  such  work  among 


children.  It  is  a  task  which  never  grows 
irksome,  for  their  interest  is  ever  fresh  and 
their  responsiveness  is  a  continual  stimulus. 
As  a  church  we  cannot  afford  to  do  without 
the  childen's  help,  not  so  much  for  what  it 
may  be  worth  in  the  present,  but  because, 
if  they  are  properly  equipped  now  for  use- 
fulness, we  shall  have  in  a  few  years  an  army 
of  missionary  workers  whose  ranks  will  keep 
pace  with  the  progress  of  years,  and  who 
will  not  be  handicapped  by  ignorance  and 
indifference,  which  are  the  greatest  foes  to 
the  advancement  of  missions. 

Mrs.  George.  A.  Paull. 


COME,  HOLY  SPIRIT. 


Come  Holy  Spirit,  come  with  power, 
Show  us  anew  the  Saviour  slain  ; 
Impress  on  these  dull  souls  of  ours, 
The  ransom  paid  these  souls  to  gain. 

Show  us  anew  the  tender  love, 
The  matchless  pity  of  our  Lord — 
Until  our  hearts  shall  bum  to  spread 
The  story  of  that  love  abroad. 


A  PHRASE  TO  BE 


Oh,  come  !  and  let  thy  heavenly  light 
Illumine  every  breast  within — 
Open  our  eyes  that  we  may  see 
The  nations  dying  in  their  sin. 

Come,  quickly  come  !    We  idly  sleep, 
And  lo,  the  shadows  swiftly  flee — 
The  Master  cometh — shall  He  chide, 
' '  Ye  have  not  done  it  unto  Me  ? ' ' 

Lucy  Randolph  Fleming. 

ABANDONED. 


That  was  a  good  expression  in  a  Japanese 
girl's  letter:  "We  placed  our  little  gifts  on 
the  table  for  the  Lord."  Are  any  of  our 
Children's  Bands  taught  that  they  are  giv- 
ing money  to  the  "  poor  missionaries  ?  "  Mis- 
sionaries are  the  last  people  in  the  world 
to  want  gifts  for  themselves.  They  would 
gladly  do  without  even  that  frugal  salary  of 
theirs,  if  it  were  not  necessary  for  existence. 
Giving  to  the  missionaries  ?  It  is  they  that 
are  giving  to  us,  all  the  time  !   Going  forth 


for  us  ;  bearing  and  doing  in  our  stead  ;  giv- 
ing the  chance  to  us,  from  our  comfortable 
homes  and  easy  church  life,  to  lift  along 
with  them  on  the  grandest  work  ever  given 
men  to  do. 

Our  gifts  may  be  "  for  the  poor  heathen."' 
They  certainly  ought  to  be,  as  this  Asiatic 
girl  has  put  it,  "for  the  Lord  ;  "  but  let  us 
have  done  with  that  worn-out  phrase,  "Giv- 
ing to  the  missionaries." 


SUGGESTION  CORNER. 


From  Piqua,  Ohio : 

My  mother  felt  impelled  to  prepare  the 
"programme"  (for  March  meeting — Ed.) 
at  once,  and  now  thinks  it  providential  that 
she  did.  She  sent  it  in  the  morning,  and  at 
noon  had  a  fall,  spraining  her  right  wrist  so 
severely  that  she  will  not  be  able  to  use  her 
hand  for  some  time.  Had  she  not  done  it  im- 
mediately, she  could  not  have  done  it  at  all. 


The  programme  furnished  for  "Decem- 
ber "  meetings  was  a  last  service  rendered 
to  foreign  missions.  The  writer  rested  from 
her  labors  on  December  4.  In  forwarding 
her  copy,  Miss  Smith  wrote  in  September  : 
"  If  it  meets  the  need  of  the  societies,  I  am 
glad  to  have  been  useful  in  a  small  way." 
The  night  cometh. 


From  a  Pennsylvania  parsonage  (with 
programme)  : 

I  can  not  tell  you  how  I  have  enjoyed 
this  bit  of  work.  I  got  so  much  in  love 
with  dear  jolly  Mother  Lane  ;  so  stirred  up, 
in  fact,  over  each  department  in  the  mission, 
that,  after  selecting  my  references,  I  was  on 
the  point  of  withholding  them  and  telling 
the  sisters  they  really  could  not  afford 
to  miss  the  inspiration  of  searching  out  their 
own  facts. 


From  Dayton,  Ohio,  on  Thanksgivings 
Day: 

I  cannot  enjoy  my  Thanksgiving  turkey 
unless  I  first  thank  you  for  the  December 
number  of  Woman  s  Work.  It  is,  I  think, 
the  very  copy  we  ever  had.  I  sat 


24 


BOOKS  RECEIVED.— SINCE  LAST  MONTH.  [January, 


down  to  look  it  over  just  before  "  Now  I  lay 
me  "  last  night,  and  finished  it,  all  but  ad- 
vertisements, before  I  slept. 


From  Onarga,  111.  : 

I  have  felt  very  strongly  that  if  for- 
mality and  excessive  politeness  were  laid 
aside,  and  talks,  "  neighborly  like,"  in- 
dulged in  at  our  meetings,  more  friendli- 
ness of  feeling  and  interest  in  the  work 
would  be  excited.  What  a  wet  blanket  is 
this  sort  of  remark,  "  Is  your  item  long  ? 
I'm  afraid  we  won't  have  time  to  hear 
that  to-day,  there  is  so  much,  I  wish  we 
had  more  time  " — to  an  enthusiastic  soul. 
To  a  lukewarm  one  it  is  a  quencher. 

In  striving  for  the  ideal  monthly  meet- 
ing, do  we  not  eliminate  interest  by  insist- 
ing so  strenuously  upon  brevity  ?  Does 
not  the  prominence  given  to  "  short,  brief, 
pithy,  not  too  long "  items  result  in 
scrappy  impressions  and  confused  ideas? 
Women  lack  confidence  in  themselves 
more  than  interest  in  missions,  and  the 
successful  leader  is  one  to  draw  out  the 


best  in  every  one  present,  exciting  and  sus- 
taining interest  in  every  part  of  the  unweari- 
some  programme. 

From  New  York  City  : 

Against  Initials. — The  Missionary  Soci- 
eties in  many  ways  have  invited  the 
Church  and  individuals  to  offer  fervent 
and  constant  prayer  for  their  holy  work, 
and  the  men  and  women  who  do  it.  When 
we  seek  to  comply,  we  are  confronted  with 
a  bewildering  mass  of  initials  in  the  names 
of  those  for  whom  we  would  plead,  taxing 
memory  beyond  her  power.  The  high 
priest  when  he  entered  the  holy  place  to 
make  intercession,  bore  the  names  of  the 
tribes  upon  his  heart.  He  could  certainly 
pray  better  for  Issachar  and  Naphtali  than 
for  "I."  and  "N."  By  all  means  let  us 
have  the  names. 

Let  us  revive  the  Corner.  We  thought  of 
changing  the  name,  but,  "  Suggestion  " — 
that  is  just  what  it  is.  Friends,  officers 
and  High  Privates,  please  suggest. 


BOOK.S  RECEIVED. 
Eshcol.    By  Rev.  S.  J.  Humphrey,  D.D.    (Flem-     ioned  English  work. 


ing  H.  Revell  Company,  New  York,  Chicago,  To- 
ronto.)    i8opp.,  cloth,  75  cents. 

The  title  indicates  the  object  of  this  volume,  viz  : 
to  present  a  cluster  of  ripe  fruits  gathered  from  the 
field  of  missions.  In  eleven  chapters  are  grouped  in- 
teresting sketches  of  Dhuleep  Singh,  Titus  Coan's 
labors  at  Hilo,  the  Spaldings  and  Whitmans  in  our 
own  country,  and  others.  For  those  who  have  not 
time  for  complete  histories  this  gives  a  taste  of  sev- 
eral, for  very  little  money. 

Also  from  Revell' s  :  Tkotnas  Birch  Free??iaii,  Mis- 
sionary Pioneer  to  Ashanti,  Dahomey  and  Egba.  By 
John  Milum,  F.R.G.S.  • 

This  ought  to  be  an  interesting  book  because  it  is 
about  a  part  of  the  world  of  which  we  hear  little  in 
this  country,  but  it  seems  to  be  a  reprint  of  an  old-fash- 


In  these  days  of  fascinating 
missionary  books  it  is  not  necessary  to  resort  to  such. 

The  Calendar  for  1 894  pubHshed  by  the  King's 
Daughters,  158  West  twenty-third  street,  New  York. 
Price  50  cents,  postage  5  cents. 

Printed  in  colors,  on  imperial  Japan  vellum  paper, 
with  copy  of  Hoffman' s  head  of  Christ  on  first  page, 
and  with  consecutive  Bible  readings  for  each  month. 
An  elegant  calendar. 

Historical  Calendar  for  1 894.  (Woman's  Foreign 
Missionary  Society  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
36  Bromfield  Street,  Boston,  Mass. )  35  cents,  post- 
paid ;  '7  X  51^  inches.    Hanging  calendar. 

Not  strictly  denominational,  gives  considerable  in- 
formation, style  very  nice  and  neat,  printed  in  two 
colors. 


SINCE  LAST  MONTH. 
-At  San  Francisco  (probably),  Rev.  W.  C.  Dodd  and  wife  from  the  Laos  Mission. 


Arrivals. 

November  21. 
Departures. 

November  10. — From  Conway,  Ark.,  Rev.  C.  C.  Millar,  to  join  the  Mexico  Mission. 

November  21. — From  San  Francisco,  Miss  Fannie  E.  Wight,  returning  to  the  Shantung  Mission,  China. 
Miss  Carrie  Rose,  formerly  of  Tokyo,  to  join  Miss  Smith  at  Sapporo,  Japan. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Lingle,  returning  to  the  Canton  Mission. 

November  29. — From  New  York,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  F.  Garvin  and  four  children  returning  to  Valpa- 
raiso, Chili. 

December  9. — From  San  Francisco,  new  recruits  for  the  Laos  Mission,  all  from  the  same  church  in 
Wood  River,  Nebraska  : 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  F.  Shields. 
J.  S.  Thomas,  M.D.  (Elder),  and  Mrs.  Thomas. 
Miss  Julia  A.  Hatch. 

Deaths. 

September  5. — At  Oroomiah,  Persia,  fi-om  tubercular  meningitis,  Frances,  aged  22  months,  daughter  of 

Rev.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Mechlin,  of  Salmas. 
October  19. — At  Chefoo,  Shantung,  suddenly,  from  heart  disease,  Rev.  John  L.  Nevius,  D.D.,  for 

forty  years  an  honored  missionary  in  China. 
October  24. — At  Teheran,  Persia,  infant  son  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  J.  G.  Wishard. 


1894.] 


To  the  Auxiliaries. 

[For  address  of  each  headquarters  and  lists  of  officers  see  third  page  of  cover.] 


J^rom  Philadelphia. 

Send  all  letters  to  1334  Chestnut  Street. 

Directors'  Meeting  first  Tuesday  of  the  month, 
at  11.30  A.M.,  and  prayer-meeting  third  Tues- 
day, at  12  M.,  in  the  Assembly  Room.  Visitors 
welcome. 

WEEK  OF  PRAYER.  Meetings  January 
•9-13,  1894,  in  the  Assembly  Room,  1334 
Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Tuesday,  12  M. — Thanksgiving  for  continual  bless- 
ing on  the  work  of  foreign  missions  during  the  past 
jfear ;  confession  of  shortcomings,  and  prayer  for 
speedy  fulfilment  of  the  promise  :  "  I  will  pour  out  my 
Spirit  upon  all  flesh."  Wednesday,  12  M. — Prayer 
for  God's  blessing  on  the  varied  work,  at  home  and 
abroad,  of  our  own  and  all  other  Women's  Missionary 
Societies.  Thursday,  3  p.m. — Prayer  for  our  mis- 
;sionaries  and  their  children,  that  sufficient  grace  may 
be  given  them  in  the  experiences  peculiar  to  their 
work  and  life.  Friday,  12  M. — Prayer  that  the  gov- 
■emments  of  the  earth  may  be  brought  into  sympathy 
with  those  who  are  laboring  to  e.xtend  the  kingdom  of 
Christ ;  for  the  restoradon  of  the  Jews,  and  that  God' s 
blessing  may  attend  the  reading  and  teaching  of  his 
Word.  Saturday,  3  p.m. — Prayer  that  young  people 
■of  the  Church  throughout  all  her  borders  may  become 
workers  together  with  God  in  the  upbuilding  of  his 
Icingdom  in  all  lands. 

May  the  Week  of  Prayer,  1894,  bring  with 
:it  even  more  blessed  influences  than  in 
previous  years.  To  this  end  let  all  women 
within  reach  set  apart  the  week  so  far  as  pos- 
.sible,  and  be  present  at  many  of  the  meetings. 
J\s  usual,  special  attention  is  called  to  the 
Thursday  a/temoon  meeting,  asking  those  who 
-are  in  distant  places  in  our  territory  to  unite 
"with  us  in  special  prayer  for  our  missionaries 
-and  their  children. 

Are  our  Treasurers — Presbyterial,  Auxiliary 
.and  Band — on  the  alert  this  closing  quarter  of 
the  fiscal  year  ? 

Receipts  of  our  society  to  date  are  about 
$1600.00  behind  those  of  last  year.  System- 
-atic,  consciendous  giving  will  insure  the  three 
per  cent,  advance  at  which  we  are  aiming. 
"Try  for  it ! 

Mrs.  Wm.  E.  Knox  spent  the  month  of 
l^ovember  in  visiting  societies  connected  with 
the  Presbytery  of  Phila.  She  had  attentive  and 
interested  audiences  wherever  she  went.  Mis- 
sionary interest  was  aroused  among  some  who 
Ihad  never  before  heard  of  the  condition  of 
women  and  children  in  heathen  lands.  She 
is  now  taking  a  well  earned  and  needed  rest. 

Pleasant  indications  of  an  increased  activ- 
ity in  work  among  the  young  are  seen  in  the 
giving  of  more  time  than  usual  to  consideration 
•of  this  department  of  our  work  at  presbyterial 
meetings,  and  in  the  appointment  of  Young 
People's  Secretaries  in  several  presbyteries 
■where  there  had  been  no  such  officer, 


On  the  last  Saturday  of  October  the  usual 
Children's  Assembly  was  held  under  direc- 
tion of  the  Young  People's  Branch  of  the  Pitts- 
burg and  Allegheny  Cominittee,  an  all  day 
meeting,  held  this  year  in  the  Point  Breeze 
Church.  On  the  first  Saturday  of  the  month  a 
similar  gathering  of  the  Bands  of  the  Wilkes- 
Barre  District  of  Lackawanna  Presbytery  was 
held  in  the  Ashley  Church.  Such  meetings 
give  opportunity  for  many  practical  suggestions 
to  the  young  people,  and  even  the  youngest 
feel  the  influence  of  numbers  and  are  roused  to 
an  eager  enthusiasm  that  gives  an  impulse  to 
the  work  of  the  months  that  follow. 

Take  a  Mite  Box,  price  30  cents  per  hundred, 
is  a  new  leaflet  by  Mrs.  W.  E.  Knox,  intended 
to  be  used  when  distributing  mite  boxes. 

Please  remember  that  mite  boxes  are  free 
to  Auxiliary  Societies  as  well  as  Bands,  subject, 
however,  to  postage  at  the  rate  of  2  cents  for 
five  boxes. 

Envelopes  for  collection  in  Auxiliary  So- 
cieties and  Praise  Meeting,  free,  except  postage, 
4  cents  per  hundred. 

As  continued  inquiries  come  concerning 
maps,  we  repeat  the  announcement  that  they 
may  be  rented  for  25  cents  each,  exclusive  of 
postage  or  expressage.  We  have  maps  of  all 
the  countries  where  the  Board  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions has  stations.  Apply  to  1334  Chestnut 
Street,  Phila. 

Question  Book  on  Africa  has  been  revised, 
and  is  ready  for  issue.  Much  interesting  in- 
formation in  regard  to  missions  of  other  de- 
nominations than  our  own  has  been  added. 
Price  5  cents.  Also  a  new  edition  of  The  Social 
Ele?ne}tt  itt  Missionary  Work,  price  2  cents,  1 5 
cents  per  dozen,  is  now  ready. 

Get  the  Women,  and  Other  Sheep,  for  Auxili- 
aries, each  I  cent,  10  cents  per  dozen.  Chinese 
Burden  Bearers,  for  the  young,  and  T'other 
and  Which,  each  i  cent,  10  cents  per  dozen, 
are  our  latest  publications,  with  the  exception 
of  Take  a  Mite  Box,  as  noticed  above. 

We  earnestly  hope  that  by  the  time  this 
magazine  is  received  we  shall  have  in  stock  the 
valuable  paper  by  Miss  Ellen  C.  Parsons  which 
was  read  by  her  at  the  Congress  of  Missions. 
Title  :  History  of  Orgaiiized  Missionary  Work 
as  Promoted  by  Americati  Women. 

Do  not  forget  to  give  hearty  welcome  to  the 
new,  yet  old,  magazine,  Over  Sea  and  Land. 
Send  for  sample  copies  freely. 

From  Chicago. 

Meetings  at  Room  48  McCormick  Block,  69 
and  71  Dearborn  Street,  every  Friday  at  10  a.m. 
Visitors  welcome. 

By  accident,  in  making  up  the  pages  w- 


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TO  THE  AUXILIARIES. 


[January, 


suppose,  two  of  the  managers'  names  were 
omitted  in  the  twenty-second  Annual  Report — 
those  of  Miss  E.  S.  Stewart,  of  51st  Street,  Chi- 
cago, who  was  elected  last  spring,  and  Mrs.  C. 
G.  Brownell,  Synodical  Secretary  of  Michigan, 
who  has  been  a  member  of  the  Board  since 
1879.  These  omissions  having  been  discov- 
ered, we  make  the  correction  here. 

Are  our  Auxiliaries  keeping  up  and  endeav- 
oring to  increase  their  gifts  ?  Do  not  begin 
economies  on  the  mission  line.  Let  us  all,  if 
there  is  need,  cut  down  somewhere  else.  Our 
Board  of  the  Northwest  is  behind  in  its  receipts. 
We  must  work  to  come  up  next  April  even  to 
our  last  year's  amount,  when  at  this  date  our 
receipts  were  ^31,026.61  ;  this  year,  ^23,892.- 
49- 

The  admirable  paper  by  Miss  Ellen  C.  Par- 
sons, read  at  the  Congress  of  Missions,  History 
of  Organized  Missionary  Work  as  Promoted  by 
American  Women,  will  be  out  as  a  leaflet  very 
soon,  but  we  cannot  yet  state  the  price. 

We  again  call  attention  to  the  missionary 
maps  made  by  the  Evanston  ladies.  Cloth, 
6^  X  4^  ft.  Stations  of  other  denominations 
marked  in  colors.  Maps  of  China,  Mexico 
and  Guatemala,  India,  Siam  and  Laos,  Africa, 
Japan  and  Korea,  Persia,  South  America  and 
Syria,  nine  in  all,  price,  each,  ^3.00. 

The  paper  presented  by  Mrs.  Moses  Smith 
at  the  Congress  of  Missions,  Woman  under 
Ethnic  Religions,  has  been  published  in  leaflet 
form,  with  references,  page  and  book,  and 
more  accurately  portrays  the  character  of  these 
religions  than  do  addresses  upon  the  general 
subject,  which,  while  containing  high-sounding 
phrases  like  "  the  brotherhood  of  man,"  omit 
to  show  the  effects  of  all  ethnic  religions  upon 
one-half  the  human  race.  We  hope  every  so- 
ciety will  order  copies  of  this  leaflet.  Price, 
3  cents  each,  25  per  dozen. 

We  have  also  Other  Sheep,  i  cent  each,  10 
cents  per  dozen.  Address  W.  P.  B.  M.,  Room 
48  McCormick  Block,  Chicago,  111. 

From  New  York. 

Prayer-meeting  at  53  Fifth  Ave.  the  first  Wed- 
nesday of  each  month  at  10.30  a.m.  Each  other 
Wednesday  there  is  a  half-hour  meeting  for 
prayer  and  the  reading  of  missionary  letters, 
commencing  at  the  same  hour. 

At  the  November  prayer-meeting,  Dr.  Lane, 
recently  arrived  from  Brazil,  gave  interesting 
facts  seeming  to  prove  that  mission  stations 
where  schools  are  established  give  promise  of 
much  greater  permanent  success  than  where 
none  exist. 

Miss  Annie  Montgomery  was  advised  to 
come  home  in  order  to  put  herself  under  the 
care  of  a  good  American  dentist.  She  waited. 
Mrs.  Hawkes  returned  to  her  station,  having, 
during  her  vacation  in  the  home  land,  taken  a 
course  of  lessons  in  dentistry — so  the  mountain 


came  to  Mahomet.  Everything  was  satis- 
factorily attended  to. 

"What  do  people  in  America  do  with  all 
our  worn-out  carpets?"  was  the  question  put 
recently  to  one  of  our  missionaries. 

Besides  T' other  and  Which,  we  have  added 
another  leaflet  for  children  to  our  stock — 
Chinese  Burden  Bearers.  How  One  Woman  ^ 
Thank-offering  Envelope  Came  to  be  Filled, 
Other  Sheep  Have  I,  and  Theresa's  Invita- 
tions are  also  new. 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  our  Board,  it  was  voted  to  recommend 
to  each  Secretary  for  Literature,  that  she  notify 
each  subscriber  to  Woman  s  Work  subscribing 
through  her,  one  month  in  advance,  of  the  ex- 
piration of  her  subscription. 

Mrs.  Condict  can  be  secured  to  speak  for 
our  societies,  by  applying  to  Miss  Janeway,  53, 
Fifth  Avenue,  New  York. 

If  societies  writing  to  the  Mission  Rooms  for 
information  cared  sometimes  to  put  in  a  stamp 
for  return  postage  it  would  cause  quite  a  saving: 
to  our  treasury. 

From  St.  Louis. 

Meetings  at  1 107  Olive  Street,  first  and  third 
Tuesdays  of  every  month.  Visitors  are  welcome. 
Leaflets  and  missionary  literature  obtained  by- 
sending  to  1 107  Olive  Street. 

It  is  startling  to  realize  that  the  new  year  is 
here — January,  1894  !  !  To  our  workers  of  the 
Southwest,  and  to  our  beloved  missionaries  in 
the  field,  the  officers  at  1107  Olive  Street  send 
heartiest  greetings  and  prayerful  wishes  for  our 
work  in  this  new  year.  Last  April  we  promised 
to  try  to  enlarge  our  coasts — Prayer,  Faith, 
Steadfastness,  Effort.  Are  we  accomplishing 
this  enlargement  ? 

Remember  !  !  Annual  meeting  is  not  quite 
four  months  away.  We  are  happy  to  announce 
that  we  have  accepted  a  cordial  invitation  to 
hold  it  in  Salina,  Kansas,  and  thus  a  heart-felt 
desire  will  be  accomplished  that  our  dear  Kan- 
sas sisters  will  have  the  inspiration  and  profit 
of  an  Annual  Meeting  in  their  midst — and  may 
they  all  be  present. 

Systematic  Giving. —  This  should  be  the 
constant  aim  kept  in  view  by  all  Auxiliary 
officers.  Educate,  pray,  talk.  Systematic  Giv- 
ing will  solve  all  money  problems  connected 
with  our  great  cause,  and  in  the  end  it  brings 
systematic  consecration. 

Let  us  begin  this  year,  every  woman  of  us, 
with  a  solemn,  prayerful  intention — to  rouse 
some  Christian  woman,  possibly  a  dear  friend,, 
from  indifference  to  interest  in  missions. 

The  Annual  Praise  Meeting  of  the  Board  was- 
held  this  year,  the  week  before  Thanksgiving, 
in  Dr.  Brookes'  Church,  St.  Louis.  It  was  a 
precious  meeting,  with  thoughts  of  all  our 
missionaries  and  prayerful  mention  of  them. 


1894]  NEW  AUXILIARIES.  — TREASURERS'  REPORTS. 


27 


We  do  urge  the  observance  in  every  Auxiliary 
of  the  praise  and  thank-offering  service.  Noth- 
ing draws  our  hearts  so  closely  together,  sends 
us  refreshed  and  rejoicing  onward,  as  this 
service.  It  is  the  jeweled  clasp  binding  the 
golden  circle  of  the  year's  work  for  our  blessed 
JLord.  Send  to  1107  Olive  Street  for  helps  for 
.such  services. 

The  reorganized  Synodical  Society  of  Indian 
'Territory  starts  out  with  fresh  vigor  and  zeal, 
with  Mrs.  C.  R.  Hume,  President,  and  Mrs. 
JE.  H.  Smith,  Secretary.  We  are  hopeful  of 
^ood  tidings  from  this  society. 

Our  Special  Object  Secretary  has  plenty  of 
-work  yet  to  offer.  Do  hurry,  dear  young 
■people  in  C.  E.  Societies,  Bands,  Sabbath- 
schools — and  you  in  the  Auxiliaries,  Help  ! 
Help  !  !  The  year  is  running  away.  The 
needs  are  appalling.  We  must  come  to  an- 
nual meeting  with  pledges  fulfilled,  with  joy 
and  gratitude.    And  now  is  the  time  to  work. 

From  San  Francisco. 

Board  Meeting,  first  Monday  of  each  month, 
at  920  Sacramento  Street ;  business  meeting  at 
10.30  A.M.  ;  afternoon  meeting  and  exercises  by 
Chinese  girls  in  the  Home  at  2  P.M.  Visitors 
welcome. 

The  following  circular  has  been  sent  through- 


out California  :  "  A  Woman's  Congress  of  Mis- 
sions, under  the  direction  of  the  Woman's  Mis- 
sion Boards  of  California,  will  be  held  in  the 
Presbyterian  Mission  House,  920  Sacramento 
Street,  San  Francisco,  March  9  to  11,  1894. 
Some  topics  to  be  considered  :  '  The  Spirit  of 
Missions — the  Spirit  of  Christ,'  'Who  is  a 
Missionary  ? '  '  America  for  Christ, '  '  The  Great 
Need  in  Missionary  Work  To-day,'  'The  Stu- 
dent Volunteer  Movement,'  '  Christ  and  Chris- 
tianity.' " 

Societies  desiring  special  topics  treated  at 
the  Congress  are  invited  to  send  them  to  the 
Committee.  It  is  hoped  that  all  women  and 
young  people  interested  in  missions  will  plan 
to  visit  the  Midwinter  Fair  during  the  session 
of  this  Congress.  For  further  information, 
address  :  Committee  for  Congress  of  Missions, 
920  Sacramento  Street,  San  Francisco. 

A  Praise  Service  was  held  in  the  new  Mis- 
sion Home  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  details  of 
which  will  be  given  later.  Surely  a  most 
appropriate  day  and  service,  and  it  came  just 
as  we  had  moved  from  the  old  to  the  new 
house.  We  have  everything  to  be  thankful  for 
in  connection  with  our  work,  and  we  do  most 
humbly  return  our  thanks  unto  God  for  all  the 
way  in  which  He  has  led  us. 


NEW  AUXILIARIES  AND  BANDS. 


ILLINOIS. 

Decatur,  College  St.,  Bd. 
Jacksonville,  State  St.,  Young  Ladies. 
Jacksonville,  State  St.,  Cora!  Workers. 

IOWA. 

Hazleton,  reorg. 
KANSAS. 

Frankfort. 


MISSOURI. 

Moberly. 

MONTANA. 

Anaconda. 

OHIO. 

Alliance,  Willing  Workers. 
Hubbard,  Young  Woman's  Soc. 
Trenton,  Rays  of  Light. 


PENNSYLVANIA. 

Bloomsburg,  S.C.E. 
Germantown,  ist  Ch.,  Jr.  C.E. 
McKeesport,  Missionary  Circle. 
Meadville,  Central  Ch.,  Jr.  C.E. 
Philadelphia,   Kensington,   ist  Ch. 

S.C.E. :   West  Spruce  St.  Ch.. 

Jr.  C.E. 

Philadelphia,  Woodland  Ch.,  S.C.E. 
Pittston,  ist  Ch.,  Jr.  C.E. 


Receipts  of  the  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  from 

November  i,  1893. 

[presbyteries  in  small  capitals.] 
Baltimore. —  Baltimore,  Boundary  Ave.,  12.08;  Brown 
Mem'i,  40,  Mrs.  E.  P.S.Jones  Bd.,  90  ;  Central,  100;  Cove- 
nant, S.C.E.,  5  ;  istS.S.,  200;  2d,  28.16,  R.  H.Smith  Bd.,  5, 
Willing  Hearts,  19.72,  S.C.E.,  Jr.,  4:  Waverly,  25:  Deer 
Creek  Harmony,  10.85;  ElUcott  City,  Rose  of  Sharon  Bd., 
35.62;  Govanstown,  II ;  Hagerstown,  20,  606.43 

Cincinnati. — Cincinnati,  3d,  S.C.E.,  18;  5th,  30;  6th,  10; 
7th,  23.60;  Mohawk,  4;  Mt.  Auburn,  16.50;  Walnut  Hills, 
•96.35;  Westminster,  20  ;  Cleves  &  Berea,  15.38  ;  College  Hill, 
S.S.,30;  Glendale,  11. 15;  Hartweli,  10;  Lebanon,  14.55;  Mad- 
isonville,  5.75;  Morrow,  12;  Pleasant  Ridge,  10.70;  West- 
■wood,  15  ;  Wyoming,  33.62,  376.60 

Clarion. — Bethesda,  Electric  Lights,  5;  Leatherwood,  Y. 
1..B.,  29.76;  Penfield,  5  ;  Punxutawney,  5  ;  Richland,  15,  59.76 

Dayton. — Clifton,  9.20;  Dayton,  ist,  Y.L.B.,  25;  Dayton, 
4th,  30;  Mem'l,  15,  S.S.,  5;  Wayne  Ave.,  S.C.E.,  17.47; 
Franklin,  lo;  Willing  Workers,  47  cts. ;  Greenville,  20; 
Middletown,  15 ;  Piqua,  14,  S.S.,  31 ;  Reiley,  3 ;  Spring- 
£eld,  ist,  56;  Springfield,  2d,  24,  S.S.,  40,  Y.L.B.,  20;  Troy, 
■25,  "  2d  Soc,"  18.75  ;  Washington,  5  ;  Xenia,  22.26,  406.15 

Holston. — Greeneville,  20  ;  Jonesboro',  22,  Gleaners,  7.20; 
Mt.  Bethel,  15.60;  Cheerful  Givers,  13;  Salem,  7.25,  Y.L.C., 
7;  Timberridge,  a  lady,  I,  93-05 

Huntingdon. — Lost  Creek,  S.C.E.,  5.00 

Jersey  City. — Arlington,  5,  S.C.E., 10;  Garfield,  21,  S.C.E., 
2;  Hoboken,  50,  Wood  Violets,  20;  Jersey  City,  ist,  51.58, 
Steady  Gleaners,  13.25  ;  Jersey  City,  Claremont,  10 ;  Jersey 
City,  Westm'r,  14  ;  Passaic,  ist,  69  ;  Paterson,  ist,  50  ;  Ruther- 
ford, 24.95  ;  Tenafly,  40,  380.78 

Kittanning. — Apollo,  34.51,  Hopeful  Bd.,  1.77,  Faithful 
"Workers,  1.22;  Eldersridge,  14 ;  Elderton,  48.70;  Kittanning, 
3St,  200;  Leechburg,  40;  West  Glade  Run,  25;  West  Leba- 
non, 5.30,  365.50 

Lima. — Findlay,  24.97 ;  Lima,  27;  Sidney,  25,  76.97 


Marion. — Berlin,  13.95  ;  Delaware,  52,  Y.P.S.,  100,  Glean- 
ers, 4  ;  Marion,  43.15  ;  Mt.  Gilead,  11.50,  224.60 

Monmouth. — Beverly,  30.00 

Morris  and  Orange. — E.  Orange,  ist,  S.S.,  50;  S.  Orange, 
Trinity,  50,  100.00 

Newark. — Bloomfield,  ist,  112.50  ;  Bloomfield.  Westminster, 
112.50,  Westm'r  Bd.,  30;  Caldwell,  21.29;  Montclair,  ist,  100, 
Y.L.S.,  24,  S.C.E.,  Jr.,  self  denial,  5.63;  Newark,  3d,  Cru- 
saders, 15  ;  Calvary,  35,  Inf.  cl.,  33  ;  High  St.,  56.42  ;  Park,  60; 
Roseville,  20 ;  South  Park,  99.32,  721.66 

New  Brunswick. — .4mwell,  ist,  34;  Amwell,  2d,  16.60; 
Flemington,  20.02,  Gleaners  (E.B.V.F.),  50;  Milford,  30;  New 
Brunswick,  ist,  25;  Pennington,  11.20,  Anna  Foster  Bd.,  18  ; 
Trenton,  ist,  250,  Golden  Hour  Circle,  25  ;  Trenton,  5th,  15  ; 
Trenton,  Prospect  St.,  30,  524.82 

Parkersburg.— Grafton,  7.75,  Hervy  Bd.,9,  Willing  Work- 
ers, 4.25  ;  Ravenswood,  10.66 ;  Spencer,  2.50 ;  Mr,  and  Mrs. 
Boardman,  5,  39.16 

Philadelphia. — Collected  by  Mrs.  W.  E.  Knox  (of  which 
a  special  gift,  100)  less  expenses,  155.09 

Steubenville. — Bethel,  32.97 ;  Buchanan,  22,  Corbett  Bd. 
4.53  ;  Cross  Creek,  28.75  East  Liverpool,  2d,  20 ;  Long's  Run, 
S.C.E.,  27.50;  New  Hagerstown,  8;  Potter  Chapel,  5.25; 
Ridge,  28.21,  Oasis  Bd.,  19;  Scio,  13.69;  Steubenville,  2d,  50, 
Y.L.B.,  3,  Idaho  Bd.,  25,  Missionary  Cadets,  10,  Little  L  ght 
Bearers,  3.50;  Steubenville,  3d,  20;  Uhricksville,  15 ;  Wells- 
viile.  Morning  Star  Bd,  18  ;  Yellow  Creek,  18,  372.40 

Washington  City. — Anacostia,  3.31 ;  Falls  Ch.,  20,  Band, 
25;  Hyattsville,  5,  Mcllvaine  Bd.,  10,  S.C.E.,  10,  Y.L.B.,  20; 
Washington,  ist,  29.25,  Young  Woman's  Bd.,  10,  Primary  cl., 
5;  4th  Ch.,  12.27  ;  6th  Ch.,  17,  Cheerful  Givers,  35  ;  15th  St.,  6  ; 
Assembly,  10;  Covenant,  25;  Gunton  Temple  Mem'l,  23; 
Gurley  Mem'l,  25,  M.  Campbell  Bd.,  10;  Metropolitan,  75 
Mateer  Bd.,  10;  New  York  Ave.,  46,  Youth's  Soc.  {S.S.),  100' 


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TREASURERS'  REPORTS. 


[Jan nary _ 


Bethany  Bd.,  15,  Bethany  Boys,  4.38;  North  Ch.,  12.50,  Band, 
7.50  ;  Western,  17.20  ;  Westminster,  10.50,  S.C.E.,  10.50,  609.41 
WoosTER. — Apple  Creek,  8.50,  Light  Bearers,  7  ;  Bellville,  5  ; 
Canal  Fulton,  20  ;   Congress,  20  ;  Creston,  9  ;  Doyleston,  4  ; 
Fredericksburg,  16,  S.C.E.,  10;   Hayesville,  11 ;  Jackson,  4; 
Mansfield,  5.05:    Millersburg,  10;  Savannah,   7.50,  Y.L.B., 
5.50,   Pearl   Seekers,   15:   Wayne,  24.93;  Wooster,  ist,  21, 
Y.L.B.,15;  Westm'r,  32.78,  251.26 
Legacy. — Miss  F.  C.  Elliott,  dec'd.  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  500.00 
Miscellaneous. — Gwinned,  Pa.,  Bright  Jewels,  3.25 ;  Man- 


Pittston,  Pa.,  a 
368.25 


ayunk,  Pa.,  Mr.  Samuel  H.  Brown,  300 
friend,  25 ;  Youngstown,  O.,  Thank  off.,  40, 

Total  for  November,  1893,  6,266.89 
Total  since  May  I,  1893,  30,195.92 
The  Pres.  Soc.  of  Newcastle  has  sent  a  box  to  Mrs.  Ferris, 
India,  valued  at  177.30. 

Mrs.  Julia  M.  Fishburn,  Treas. 

1334  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia. 

Dec.  I,  1893. 


Receipts  of  the  Woman's  Board  of  Missions  of  the  Northwest  to  November  20,  1893 

Bellefontaine. — Belle  Centre,  4.50;  Crestline,  3.15  ;  Ken- 
ton, 11.29;  Spring  Hills,  10  ;  Upper  Sandusky,  3.25,  32.19 
Bloomington. — Bloomington,  2d,  70;  Onarga,  C.E.,  10; 
Philo,  41.57,  121-57 
Cairo. — Bridgeport,  20;  Centralia,  7,  Y.L.S.,  3.50,  C.E., 
10.50,  Jr.  C.E.,  3  ;  Duquoin,  31 ;  Linn,  Wabash  Ch.,  23  ;  Me- 
tropolis, 1  :  Sumner  Union  Ch.,  4.38,  103.38 
Cedar  Rapids. — Blairstown,  14.15,  Y.L.B.,  2.30,  C.E.S 


11.50;  Cedar  Rapids,  ist,  50,  Holmes  Band,  14;  Clarence,  5  ; 
Onslow,  3  ;  Wyoming,  C.E.,  6,  io5-95 
Chicago. — Austin,  55.50;  Chicago,  ist,  56.75;  2d,  76.75; 
3d,  100;  4th,  193.56,  Y.W.S.,  147 ;  5th,  40,  S.S.  Birthday  Box, 
10.70  ;  6th,  72^5,  C.E.,  20  ;  Ch.  of  the  Convenant,  10.25  ;  Erie 
St.  Chapel,  C.E.,  25  ;  ist.  Scotch  Ch.,  C.E.,  25  ;  Evanston,  ist, 
Y.L.S.,50;  S.S. ,80;  Hyde  Park,  Y.P.S.,  20;  Like  Forest, 
53.66;  Mrs.  S.  J.  Rhea,  10,  Y.P.S.,  15.50;  Wilmington,  9; 
Income  from  Real  Estate,  674.74,  1746-36 
Corning.— Afton,  4;  Bedford,  4.35 ;  Clarinda.  5,  Pilgrim 
Band,  15.33  '•  Corning,  7.65 ;  Emerson,  3.25 ;  Lenox,  4.31 ; 
Malvern,  15  ;  Red  Oak,  3.05  ;  Shenandoah,  8,  69.94 
Denver. — Denver,  23d  Av.  Ch..  10;  Central  Ch.,  Y.L.S-. 
60;  Westminster  Ch.,  2.43  ;  Hyde  Park  Ch.,  1. 13,  7i,5^ 
Detroit. — Ann  Arbor,  45,  Y.L.S.,  15;  Birmingham,  5;  De- 
troit, ist,  80,  S.S.,  51.87;  Baker  St.,  S.S.,  30;  Mem'l  Ch., 
15.86;  Trumbull  Av.  Ch.,  37.25;  Westm'r  Ch.,  75,  Westm'r 
Bd.,  10;  Milford,  16.50;  Northville,  9.35;  Pontaic,  53.12, 
Y.L.S.,7.50;  Springfield,  5  ;  White  Lake,  10;  Ypsilanti,  33, 
C.E.,  17,  •  516-45 

Fx.  Dodge. — Bancroft,  8.31,  Little  Addison's  Gift,  50  cts. ; 
Boone,  20.82,  C.E.,  35.19  ;  Burt,  5.82  ;  Carroll,  i. 71 ;  Churdan, 
Lily  of  the  Valley  Band,  10;  Dana,  14.40;  Glidden,  22.80, 
C.E.,  9.70;  Grand  Junction,  18.22,  C.E.,  3;  Jefferson,  10, 
S.S. M.S.,  9;  Lake  City,  10;  Laurens,  3.65;  Livermore, '6  ; 
Lohrville,  10.71;  Paton,  4.85;  Plover,  2.91;  Rockwell  City, 
10.82;  Fonda,  2  ;  Pres'l  off.,  4.42,  224.83 
Huron. — Clyde,  5.91 ;  Fostoria,22;  Fremont,  9.70  ;  Monroe- 
ville,  8;    Norwalk,  11. 15;    Republic,  3,40;   Sandusky,  16.26, 

76.42 

Indianapolis. — Indinapolis,  2d,  Mr.  William  S.  Hubbard, 

500.00 

Iowa. — Birmingham,  8.26;  Bloomfield,  3.09;  Burlington, 
83.20;  Ft.  Madison,  7.05,  S.S. ,  12.50 ;  Kossuth,  20;  Keokuk, 
Light  Bearers,  5.13  ;  Libertyville,  3.60  ;  Middletown,  10 ;  Me- 
diapolis,  10;  Morning  Sun,  5;  Montrose,  4;  Mt.  Pleasant, 
C.E.,  8;  Ottumwa,  15  ;  Spring  Creek,  10.95,  205.78 


lorville,  12.70, 

Muncie. — Anderson,  6.75 


Iowa  City. — Bethel,  5;  Columbus  Junction,  15 ;  Davenport- 
2d,  10;    Iowa  City,  17.50  ;    Keota,  5  ;  Muscatine,  33.15  ;  Mai, 
coni,  5  ;  Sigourney,  4.88;   Tipton,  31.94,  Tamura  Bd..  19.77; 
Unity,  3.80,  Busy  Bees,  5  ;   West  Liberty,  10.47 ;  Williams- 
burg, 9.  175-51 
Kalamazoo. — Buchanan,  14;   Cassopolis,  4.50;  Edwards- 
burgh,  5  ;  Kalamazoo,  ist,  28.21 ;  Plainwell.  5  ;  Richland,  12.29 
Schoolcraft,  2.45  ;  Sturgis,  10  ;  Three  Rivers.  9.80,  91.25 
La  Crosse. — La  Crosse,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Parker,  10;  West 
Salem,  25,  35.00 
Mattoon.— Effingham,  12  ;  Kansas,  2.25,  Col.  off,  1.15 ;  Tay- 

28.10 

Peru,  11.65;  Tipton,  3.40,  C.E., 
3  ;  Union  City,  3  ;  Wabash,  3.20,  3'-°° 
Minneapolis.— Buffalo  Ch.,  3.80;  Minneapolis,  Elim,  C.E., 
52  cts.;  Westm'r  Ch.,  42.15,  Gleaners,  25;  Stewart  Mem'l 
Ch.,  Y.W.S.,  8.25,  Light  Bearers,  3;  Oliver  Ch.,  5.90;  Ad- 
drew  Ch.,  25,  113.62 
Niobrara. — Hartington,  4.25;   Ponca,  8.50;   Wakefield,  4, 

16.75 

Saginaw. — Alpena,  2.94;  St.  Louis,  C.E.,  25;  West  Bay 
City,  Westminster  Ch.,  16.66,  44.60 

St.  Paul. — Rush  City,  3;  St.  Paul,9th,  7;  Central  Ch.,  30; 
Merriam  Park,  11.13  ;  House  of  Hope  Ch.,  173.25,  224.38 

Waterloo. — Ackley,  27;  King's  Sons,  2;  Cedar  Falls, 
11.98;  Conrad  Grove,  3.88;  Clarksville,  4.85;  Cleves.  E.  Fries- 
land,  7.28  ;  Dysart,  5.45:  Greene,  4.85:  Grundy  Centre,  41, 
King's  Daughters,  10,  Snow  Drops,  i.io,  S.S.,  2.43  ;  Janes 
ville,  4;  La  Porte  City,  10.20;  Marshalltown,  20,  King's 
Daughters,  2  ;  Marble  Rock,  1 ;  Morrison,  5,  Prairie  Gleaners, 
i;  Owassa,  2.70;  Crystal  Ch.,  11.64,  Little  Lights,  13.48; 
Tranquility  Ch.,  18.43;  Waterloo,  18.92,  C.E.,  10.18;  West 
Friesland,  5,  245.37- 

Winnebago. — Marinette,  18.48,  Earnest  Workers,  10 ;  Nee- 
nah,  90,  118.48. 

Miscellaneous. — Converse,  Ind.,  Mrs.  M.  C.  Kelsey,  4.22 ; 
Gamett,  Kan.,  Mr.  A.  C.  Messenger,  i;  Dr.  Marshall's  Mite 
Box,  2.19;  By  Sale  of  a  Brief  Record,  60  cts.,  8.ot 


Total  for  month,  $4,908.50 
Total  receipts  since  April  20,  $23,892.49 
Mrs.  C.  B.  Farwell,  Treas., 
Room  48,  McCormick  Block. 

Chicago,  Nov.  20,  1893. 


Receipts  of  the  Women's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  for 

November,  1893. 

Binghamton. — Binghamton,  1st,  C.E.,  20;  North 


Waverly,  1st,  12.22  ;  Windsor,  25,  72.22 
Boston,  Mass. — Antrim,  N.H.,  10;  Litchfield,  N.H.,  7; 
Lowell,  12.50 ;  Newburyport,  2d,  30  ;  Portland,  Me.,  5  ;  Somer- 
ville,  10;  Woonsocket,  R.I.,  1.88,  76.38 
Brooklyn. — Brooklyn,  ist,  14.15:  Greene  Ave.,  2.25;  La- 
fayette Ave.,  84.93  :  Memorial,  38.50  ;  Prospect  Heights,  10.57 ; 
Ross  St.,  Scripture  Union  CI.,  1  ;  2d,  4.50;  South  3d  St.,  55.63, 
Bd.,  I  ;  Throop  Ave.,  13.12,  Helping  Hand,  1.75,  Mission, 
C.E.,  3;   Westm'r  Ch.,  12.96;  special  through  Mrs.  Pilsbury, 
250  ;  Stapleton,  S.I.,  ist,  10,  5°3-36 
Buffalo.— Buffalo,  Bethany,  56;  Central,  50;  Ch.  of  the 
Covenant,  10;  Ch.  of  the  Redeemer,  2.50;  North  Ch.  17; 
Jamestown,  C.E.,  20;  Portville,  Y.L.S.,  35  ;  Sherman,  22, 

212.50 

Chemung.  —  Breesport,  1.7s,  S.S.,  3.25;  Burdett,  6.25; 
Havanna,  6 ;  Hector,  2  ;  Rock  Stream,  2 ;  Spencer,  4.50 ;  Sugar 
Hill,  5.60,  31-35 

Ebenezer,  Ky.— Lexington,  2d,  50,  P.  off.,  22.12,  Lucas  Bd., 
P.  off.,  11.06  83.18 

Genesee. — Attica,  17.35,  S.S. ,  9.56 ;  Batavia,  100,  Acorn  Bd., 
20.24,  S.S.  Soc,  32.14;  Castile,  7.75;  Perr>',  10,  Willing  Work- 
ers. 10,  207.04 

Geneva. — Ovid,  10 ;  Seneca  Falls,  4 ;  Trumansburg,  29, 

43.00 

Hudson.— Haverstraw,  50;  Middletown,  1st,  55;  Milford, 
Pa.,  3.95;  Nyack,  15;  Port  Jervis,  S.S.,  20 ;  Ridgebury,  15  ; 
Washingtonville,  25,  183.95 


Nassau. — Astoria,  16.80;  Glen  Cove,  17;  Hempstead,  5.83  ; 
Huntington,  ist,  20 ;  2d,  8 ;  Islip,  12.50;  Oyster  Bay,  6.50; 
Roslyn,  13,  Jr.  C.E.,  5  ;  Smithtown,  5,  10^.63 
New  York. — New  York,  Central,  339.50  ;  Fifth  .\ve,  \  .L. 
Branch,  165  ;  First,  22.27;  Fourteenth  St.,  16;  Fourth.  "  Silver 
Links,"  200,  C.E.,  5;  Mount  Washington,  17.30;  Thirteenth 
St.,  25,  Bd.,  3,  793-07 
Niagara. — Lockport,  ist,  25.00 
Otsego.  —  Buel,  6.42;  Gilbertsville,  6;  Margaretville,  5; 
Oneonta,  5,  22.42 
Rochester. — Brighton,  Gould  Bd.,  36.82;  Lima,  13;  Pitts- 
ford,  25;  Rochester,  Brick,  50;  Central,  100;  First,  50 ;  St. 
Peter's,  25;  Third,  Y.L.S.,  25 ;  Westm'r  Ch.,  37,  Y.L.S.,25; 
Sparta,  ist,  35,  421.82 
St.  Lawrence. — Watertown,  ist,  81.05  ;  Stone  St.,  8,  89.05 
Westchester. — Bridgeport,  Hope  Bd..5;  New  Rochelle, 
ist,  34;  Peekskill,  ist  and  2d,  Cheerful  Workers,  2.89 ;  South 
Salem,  C.E.,  3.97,  45-86 
Miscellaneous. — Florence,  Italy,  a  friend,  5 ;  Greenport. 
Mrs.  Mary  J.  Worth,  4.50,  9.50 


Total, 

Total  since  April  i, 
Mrs. 


$2,929.33 
$24,721.37 
Treas., 


C.  P.  Hartt 
53  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York  City. 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Welch,  Asst.  Treas., 

34  West  Seventeenth  St.,  New  York  City. 


Receipts  of  the  Woman's  Occidental  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  to  November  24,  1893. 


Los  Angeles.— Tustin,  3.00 
Sacramento. — Red  Bluff,  3.50 
San  Francisco. — San  Francisco,  Mizpah,  Boys'  Brigade, 

50 

San  Jose. — Santa  Cruz,  Margaret  Culbertson  Soc.  1.60 


Miscellaneous. — Board  received  at  '*  Home," 


165.00 


Total  for  month,  $173.60 
Total  since  March  25,  1893,  $2,996.60 
Mrs.  E.  G.  Denniston,  Treas., 
Nov.  24,  1893.    920  Sacramento  St.,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


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